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| ⭐️ Total score | 42 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | El Salvador |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 25°C 77°F + 😊 Comfy (100%) = feels 25°C 77°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 53 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 162 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Digicel |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | El Cadejo Café |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 240,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,224 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 42% 👱♀️ 58% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | OLX |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Avianca El Salvador |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Avianca El Salvador |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hospital de Diagnostico y Emergencias |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,991 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,039 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,576 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $450 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $250 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $200 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $860 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $40 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 518 listings) | $1,102 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $12 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.79 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Humidity |
nice 69% |
nice 65% |
nice 61% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 80% |
nice 91% |
sweaty 81% |
nice 91% |
nice 90% |
nice 89% |
sweaty 72% |
nice 70% |
| Rain |
dry 37mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 19mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 281mm |
rainy 365mm |
rainy 285mm |
rainy 382mm |
rainy 297mm |
rainy 237mm |
dry 50mm |
dry 42mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 34% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 28% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 27% |
| Air quality |
clean 24 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 162* US AQI |
bad 162* US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
| Sun |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 107 😷 ✈️11min $1,758 / mo 4 Mbps
Was here for less than a week and got jumped at gunpoint at 2pm, broad daylight in front of police and traffic. No one did anything, gangs seem the run the place. I've travelled to dozens of places and have lived in Mexico for >6mo, Guatemala is a whole different caliber of dangerous. Maybe I was just unlucky?
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71° AQI 53 ✈️14min $1,030 / mo 4 Mbps
Antigua is amazing, very safe and lots of amazing food to eat out at. Internet at the Airbnb was laggy at times, but some places might have better connections.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 53 ✈️15min $1,369 / mo 3 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 104 😷 ✈️17min $2,998 / mo 4 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 43° 109° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 107 😷 ✈️19min $2,013 / mo 3 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71° AQI 53 ✈️19min $1,381 / mo 3 Mbps
Ungodly hot year round, but some cool things to see. Can't imagine working from here, but it a cool enough place to visit for a few days if you can stand the heat. Volcano boarding is a great time!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 41° 106° 30° 85° 🥵 AQI 107 😷 ✈️23min $1,341 / mo 5 Mbps
Safety score is honestly too high! I passed through Managua a few times during my time in Nicaragua, and it remains the sketchiest, dirtiest city I've personally seen in Latin America. It's also ungodly hot and smelly. Would not recommend staying here for any reason whatsoever.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 43° 109° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 17 ✈️29min $1,348 / mo 4 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 42° 108° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 107 😷 ✈️31min $2,035 / mo 14 Mbps
Roatan is a beautiful island and has become a worthwhile spot for digital nomads. I've been impressed with the high band internet speeds and over all reliability of all services! If you want to scuba dive, this is one of the best places on the planet to do that as well
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 38° 100° 30° 85° 🥵 AQI 104 😷 ✈️33min $2,226 / mo 4 Mbps
There is absolutely no reason to stay in Belize City. You're just going to get ripped off by taxis and restaurants (always do the math on your bill). You come to Belize to go to the islands or ruins, not Belize City.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 16 ✈️35min $2,518 / mo 7 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 39° 102° 30° 85° 🥵 AQI 17 ✈️36min $1,460 / mo 5 Mbps
Antigua is amazing, very safe and lots of amazing food to eat out at. Internet at the Airbnb was laggy at times, but some places might have better connections.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 53 ✈️15min $1,369 / mo 3 Mbps
I really enjoyed my first week here, but as I got to know more locals and heard their stories, I was disturbed at the security situation. Almost everyone I met has horror stories about being robbed at gunpoint, robbed by the police, and in one case even drugged and robbed by a taxi driver. It's not even safe to walk a short distance at night (locals told me to just take Uber). Beyond the security issues, scams also abound, and the covid policy is wacky, with hand sanitizer being forced on you ev
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 20° 68° 20° 68° AQI 34 ✈️2h $1,470 / mo 11 Mbps
Was here for less than a week and got jumped at gunpoint at 2pm, broad daylight in front of police and traffic. No one did anything, gangs seem the run the place. I've travelled to dozens of places and have lived in Mexico for >6mo, Guatemala is a whole different caliber of dangerous. Maybe I was just unlucky?
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71° AQI 53 ✈️14min $1,030 / mo 4 Mbps
Roatan is a beautiful island and has become a worthwhile spot for digital nomads. I've been impressed with the high band internet speeds and over all reliability of all services! If you want to scuba dive, this is one of the best places on the planet to do that as well
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 38° 100° 30° 85° 🥵 AQI 104 😷 ✈️33min $2,226 / mo 4 Mbps
How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 28° 82° 27° 81° AQI 53 ✈️12h $4,870 / mo 14 Mbps
Safety score is honestly too high! I passed through Managua a few times during my time in Nicaragua, and it remains the sketchiest, dirtiest city I've personally seen in Latin America. It's also ungodly hot and smelly. Would not recommend staying here for any reason whatsoever.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 43° 109° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 17 ✈️29min $1,348 / mo 4 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 107 😷 ✈️11min $1,758 / mo 4 Mbps
I grew up in Chicago and still return fairly often. I love the character of the different neighborhoods, the variety of architectural styles, and as others have said, the food scene is incredible. It's easy to make friends in the suburbs, perhaps not so much in the city itself. I have never witnessed racial tension here, and have been pleasantly surprised by the interracial friendliness I have observed. There are a wonderful selection of forests and parks just about everywhere, and the museu
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 34 ✈️4h $5,867 / mo 46 Mbps
Been there for a day as a day-trip from Cancun. It has some serious Canggu vibes, not gonna lie. Is a great spot to hang out for a couple of days, enjoy some parties and nice food. However you should bring some money as everything is tailored towards American tourists. Pros: - many food options - nice, chill vibe - obviously greata weather - nice beaches - great archaelogical zone Cons: - traffic is bad - super expensive - touristy
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 40° 104° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 16 ✈️60min $2,362 / mo 11 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 39° 102° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 16 ✈️1h $1,278 / mo 6 Mbps
Loved this city! It is not big although has great nightlife, coworkings, amazing streetart and is quite cheap. Although, when I visited in December 2021 they had problems with garbage removal.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 15 ✈️1h $1,227 / mo 6 Mbps
I've been to New Orleans plenty of time as a tourist, but this is my first time being a digital nomad and working down here for 3 weeks. Something about New Orleans always brings me back. Such a unique and one-of-a-kind place that while has gotten more expensive over the years, still is far more affordable than many places in the US. A lot of cheap good fun to have here and some amazing food. I will admit your safety factor will depend heavily on the area you're staying at.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 38° 100° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 68 ✈️2h $4,117 / mo 48 Mbps
Antigua is amazing, very safe and lots of amazing food to eat out at. Internet at the Airbnb was laggy at times, but some places might have better connections.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 53 ✈️15min $1,369 / mo 🌇 Also went here21 people
Touristy circus of a place. Everyone is trying to rip you off... even as fluent Spanish speaker. Check out PV or anywhere west coast instead.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 40° 104° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 16 ✈️1h $1,645 / mo 🌇 Also went here17 people
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 39° 102° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 16 ✈️1h $1,278 / mo 🌇 Also went here15 people
Panama City is a B+ place to live: solid weather, amenities, safety, and cleanliness... but, it feels much like an American city due to the skyscrapers, urban sprawl, and the limited activities. If you're not shopping, eating at a restaurant, bar hopping, or going to a reggaeton club until 3am, there's not a whole lot else to do. The weather is remarkably consistent: everyday it will be 85F, it will be cloudy for a few hours including a 15-30 minute shower, and then it will be mostly sunny for
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 36° 97° 29° 85° 🥵 AQI 17 ✈️2h $2,243 / mo 🌇 Also went here14 people
I really enjoyed my first week here, but as I got to know more locals and heard their stories, I was disturbed at the security situation. Almost everyone I met has horror stories about being robbed at gunpoint, robbed by the police, and in one case even drugged and robbed by a taxi driver. It's not even safe to walk a short distance at night (locals told me to just take Uber). Beyond the security issues, scams also abound, and the covid policy is wacky, with hand sanitizer being forced on you ev
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 20° 68° 20° 68° AQI 34 ✈️2h $1,470 / mo 🌇 Also went here28 people
Spent 2 months in Medellin this spring and loved it. Just booked a flight to go back for the Flower Festival in a couple weeks. The contrast of the city and vibrant jungle is stunning. Half of the time we were in Poblado and they other half in Laureles. Poblado has a really fun food scene with impressive restaurants and grocery stores, while Laureles has tons of cafes that are great for working in. Laureles definitely has a more authentic, residential vibe which we really liked. There's definit
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 74° AQI 57 ✈️2h $1,058 / mo 🌇 Also went here19 people
I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 27° 81° 26° 79° AQI 18 ✈️4h $5,323 / mo 🌇 Also went here17 people
How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 68° AQI 42 ✈️6h $6,332 / mo 🌇 Also went here14 people
Great city, but if you are a digital nomad and can afford higher rates, please don't drop insane amounts and pay what the locals do. I have heard of "nomads" coming here for a month and dropping 2k on a T1, while at most it shouldn't exceed 800 euros in the centre of Lisbon, which even like others have noted is an insane amount for locals. Also, the government should really start constructing social housing and do something about subletting/vacation rentals.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 78° AQI 45 ✈️11h $2,400 / mo 🌇 Also went here19 people
How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 28° 82° 27° 81° AQI 53 ✈️12h $4,870 / mo 🌇 Also went here21 people
Lived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 79° AQI 49 ✈️12h $4,839 / mo 🌇 Also went here23 people
A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 61 ✈️12h $6,087 / mo 🌇 Also went here16 people
Best city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 29° 84° AQI 53 ✈️12h $3,646 / mo 🌇 Also went here18 people
Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 29° 84° AQI 55 ✈️13h $2,895 / mo 🌇 Also went here17 people
As always take precautions when traveling. Turkish people are generally friendly and the cost of living can be very affordable for foreigners. That being said, the taxis are around Taksim and Old town can be a bit dodgy, especially if you don't speak Turkish or get in an "illegal" cab. To avoid this, download an app that calculates the fare for you (prices are fixed and determined by the city)and show this to the driver before entering the taxi. Like in most major tourist destinations, there w
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 27° 80° AQI 32 ✈️15h $1,145 / mo 🌇 Also went here15 people
