⭐️ Total score | 2.84/5 (Rank #1001) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,262 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 14Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 31°C88°F (feels 40°C104°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 78% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 65 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Bad |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Very bad |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $395 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Belize |
⏱ Average trip length | 11 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 14 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 31°C 88°F + 🥵 Sweaty (78%) = feels 40°C 104°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 65 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 115 230V60Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | DigiCell |
💸 10 BZD in USD | USD 4.96 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BZD 1,000 = USD 496 |
☕️ Best coffee place | The Belize Coffee Co |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 18,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,745 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Point2Homes |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,262 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,402 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,862 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $532 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $330 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $222 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,335 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $63 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 30 listings) | $3,100 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $102 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 8630° warm | 9133° hot | 9937° hot | 10842° scorching | 10440° hot | 10641° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10842° scorching | 10641° scorching | 8831° hot | 9032° hot |
Real | 7926° warm | 8329° very warm | 8630° very warm | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm |
Humidity | nice 88% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 83% |
Rain | rainy 87mm | rainy 64mm | dry 47mm | dry 40mm | rainy 112mm | rainy 133mm | rainy 124mm | rainy 128mm | rainy 170mm | rainy 141mm | rainy 107mm | rainy 70mm |
Cloud | cloudy 72% | pockets 46% | pockets 38% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 50% |
Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 400 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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