⭐️ Total score | 2.56/5 (Rank #1258) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,698 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 5Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 29°C85°F (feels 35°C95°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 83% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 48 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Okay |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
💰 Income level* | Mediocre: $2,854 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | British Virgin Islands |
⏱ Average trip length | 11 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (83%) = feels 35°C 95°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 48 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Digicel |
☕️ Best coffee place | Bean |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Omar's Cafe |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 5,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $34,246 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | United |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
🏥 Best hospital | Peebles Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,698 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,750 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,972 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,706 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,150 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $458 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,003 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $141 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 37 listings) | $6,922 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $227 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $5 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 8429° warm | 8630° warm | 8630° warm | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9736° hot | 10038° hot | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot |
Real | 8027° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8329° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8530° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8329° very warm | 8228° very warm |
Humidity | sweaty 77% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 74% |
Rain | dry 35mm | dry 47mm | dry 24mm | dry 47mm | rainy 58mm | rainy 120mm | rainy 98mm | rainy 78mm | rainy 113mm | rainy 152mm | rainy 63mm | dry 50mm |
Cloud | pockets 43% | pockets 31% | pockets 28% | pockets 39% | pockets 36% | cloudy 66% | pockets 44% | pockets 43% | pockets 35% | pockets 44% | pockets 36% | pockets 35% |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 333 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 21✈️8h$7,075 / mo🌇 Also went here10 people×For a European capital, there's not much to do. It's extremely overpriced for what it offers. Did not find the locals nearly as friendly as sources say. Food is very meh. Grocery stores are disorganized and everything close to expiry. You will have to beg and compete to find a dump of an apartment for under $2,000 euro/month. Maybe quality of life is better in the suburbs, but the city centre and surrounding area is not an attractive place to live. Overall, just avoid. For a similar price, you
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 2✈️8h$5,397 / mo🌇 Also went here9 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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 30✈️9h$5,127 / mo🌇 Also went here12 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.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 42✈️9h$4,573 / mo🌇 Also went here10 people×Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌤 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 25✈️21h$2,400 / mo🌇 Also went here10 people×I cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 41° 106° 33° 92°🥵AQI 34✈️21h$1,276 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×Been living here for more than 3 years. Overall I do not recommend it. Its not terrible but overall theres better options in asia. The city is constantly busy, noisy and polluted (air and landscapes). You can hardly go out for breeze of fresh air or to relax and ease your mind. There is not much nature, beach or mountains for you to escape. Traveling is very restriced because people go crazy due to covid. During the lockdown you couldnt even leave your appartment for a walk outside. They trapp
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 43° 109° 32° 89°🥵AQI 19✈️22h$977 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×Putrajaya is the only place I would recommend due to its close proximity to the airport. The Shaftsbury Hotel is modern with two convenience stores, pharmacy, restaurants, dental, and more in the actual building. There is a rain fountain in "mall" of the building that would be Putrajaya's attempt at Singapore's airport one. The location is also literally right across from the bigger mall that has restaurants, international grocery store, movie theater, bowling, electronics, etc. It's a safe a
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 54✈️23h$1,302 / mo🌇 Also went here10 people×The places to rent are not very good. Poor design and low quality furniture. You won't find one that comes with a good desk and chair. Most of them don't have a good place to put one even if you bring your own. Hard water is common and unpleasant. Can't walk around due to small roads, traffic, sometimes unfriendly stray dogs. It does have good restaurants, lots of variety from many international cuisines. Not that great for Indonesian food though. Probably better for a short visit rather than
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 63✈️25h$1,528 / mo🌇 Also went here8 people×