⭐️ Total score | 2.73/5 (Rank #562) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,043 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 5Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 20°C69°F (feels 21°C70°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 48% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 49 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $704 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Mexico |
⏱ Average trip length | 21 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 20°C 69°F + 😊 Comfy (48%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 49 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 5.31 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 531 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Cortao |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,700,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,444 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Linio |
🏠 Apartment listings | VivaNuncios |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | InterJet |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aero Mexico |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,043 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,123 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,645 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $756 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,446 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $958 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $594 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $68 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $31 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $253 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $8 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 8429° warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild |
Real | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 8027° warm | 8228° very warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7122° mild | 7122° mild | 6921° mild | 6921° mild |
Humidity | nice 46% | nice 39% | nice 52% | nice 46% | nice 60% | nice 68% | nice 77% | nice 69% | nice 78% | nice 71% | nice 60% | nice 51% |
Rain | dry 20mm | dry 4mm | dry 7mm | dry 14mm | rainy 110mm | rainy 138mm | rainy 160mm | rainy 75mm | rainy 159mm | rainy 63mm | dry 8mm | dry 12mm |
Cloud | pockets 40% | pockets 13% | pockets 28% | pockets 36% | pockets 45% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 53% | pockets 41% | pockets 28% |
Air quality | okay 66 US AQI | clean 49** US AQI | clean 49** US AQI | clean 49** US AQI | clean 49** US AQI | clean 49** US AQI | clean 49** US AQI | clean 49** US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 13 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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I have stayed in Cuidad de Guanajuato on two separate occasions in 2020 (February and December) for a total of about a week. Overall, I spent around a month in Guanajuato state in 2020. In that time I spent most of my time in El Tigre, Xoconostle, and Yuriria. We really fell in love with Cuidad de Guanajuato. Having a major university in the city really changes the atmosphere and makes communicating a lot easier than in the rural areas like El Tigre. I was able to get by on my “two year old
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 59✈️10min$2,425 / mo5Mbps×This is a very charming old town with really beautiful infrastracture and bakeries. I stayed in one of the traditional villas with a balcony overlooking the entire town. I love hanging around in the coffee shop, and even starbucks looks artesanal. The weather can get really cold at night so best make sure that you have a heater in the accomodation you are in. It is actually quite cold that you really cant stay at the balcony to enjoy the view too long. Internet is okay, safety is okay.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 55✈️11min$3,073 / mo7Mbps×Stayed here for about a month. Queretaro is a great foodie place, and you'll enjoy the old colonial city and a view of the aqueduct. The weather is favorable, safety is high, middle class majority and also very walkable. But aside from that, it can get really boring like a mexican suburbia. It is like a watered-down version of mexican culture.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 71✈️15min$2,104 / mo6Mbps×I have lived all over the world the past 12 years and i have to say that Guadalajara or Zapopan where i live is my biggest favorite so far of all places. I have lived in Sweden, Gibraltar, Mauritius, Dubai, Australia, Spain, Panama, Costa Rica, Serbia, Montenegro and the US and now recently moved to Mexico and love this city more than Mexico City and Monterrey which i also tried before Guadalajara. Its a modern and bustling metropolitan city with the feel of a small town charm and has everythin
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 151😷✈️23min$1,658 / mo6Mbps×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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 63✈️29min$1,854 / mo11Mbps×One of the top 5 capital for industries and commerce, som of the most important companies have a sede in this city. Super easy to fly around the world. Wonderful places to visit for families or alome. Friendly people and it is the capitol of the comedy in Mexico.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 79😷✈️32min$1,647 / mo6Mbps×Good city to live in, welcoming to foreigners. Lived here for decades and always felt welcome by the people. Cost of living is low, only negative thing is that it is relarively new, with no real historic areas, and there isn’t as much to do as there is in other larger cities.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 26° 78°AQI 64✈️36min$2,400 / mo6Mbps×It's a safe area of Mexico, and also even the people who try to sell you crap, 'vendors' is less aggressive here. I have done about 2.5 months total in PV (two separate trips). Airbnbs are plentiful near the centro and december 5, more expensive in the romantic zone and even more expensive in Sayulita. But central PV is pretty cheap, even inland from Hotel Zone is nice and cheap. Roads and walkways are narrow and horrible. Internet is OK. If you stay in PV central, the beach isn't so great for s
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°AQI 49✈️37min$3,567 / mo7Mbps×I have a different experience than the other review. It's a fantastic little town - there are lots of tourists but there are many local joints and great spots with less people if you're willing to get out of the town square. Everyone is super friendly and it's easy to meet people here. There are a few good spots to co-work and the internet has been fine (not the best but more than usable for remote work i.e. software engineer). There's a good spot for surfing as a beginner, then there are the mo
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 49✈️38min$3,120 / mo11Mbps×I have stayed in Cuidad de Guanajuato on two separate occasions in 2020 (February and December) for a total of about a week. Overall, I spent around a month in Guanajuato state in 2020. In that time I spent most of my time in El Tigre, Xoconostle, and Yuriria. We really fell in love with Cuidad de Guanajuato. Having a major university in the city really changes the atmosphere and makes communicating a lot easier than in the rural areas like El Tigre. I was able to get by on my “two year old
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 59✈️10min$2,425 / mo5Mbps×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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 63✈️29min$1,854 / mo11Mbps×Very expensive to live in. Boring, I don't mind the weather so much but I agree with previous reviews about people here having poor social skills and making friends with the locals is VERY hard. This has been confirmed by my other expat friends from US and Europe who lived here for a bit. People overall are very serious and in a group setting things like real estate and social justice/ equality are normally main topics of the conversation. Very little culture in terms of art, museums, history et
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels -6° 21° -3° 27°AQI 42✈️4h$4,418 / mo19Mbps×This is a very charming old town with really beautiful infrastracture and bakeries. I stayed in one of the traditional villas with a balcony overlooking the entire town. I love hanging around in the coffee shop, and even starbucks looks artesanal. The weather can get really cold at night so best make sure that you have a heater in the accomodation you are in. It is actually quite cold that you really cant stay at the balcony to enjoy the view too long. Internet is okay, safety is okay.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 107😷✈️58min$1,995 / mo🌇 Also went here4 people×Definitely a place you can digital nomad at. I was here for a month and the internet was never a problem. The noise (constant construction, roosters, dogs and music) and heat were. The surfing was good but even in August there are a lot of people in this sml but developing town.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 36° 97° 30° 85°🥵AQI 107😷✈️1h$1,892 / mo🌇 Also went here3 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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 28° 82°🥵AQI 109😷✈️2h$2,732 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×Las Vegas is a great tourist destination for me personally. The strip contains every amenities that I need and also there is a lot of stuff to do there without going away from the strip. Las Vegas is inside of a desert so expect it to be really hot in the summer. Otherwise than that, the strip located in Vegas has many things to do, from going to concerts, fancy restaurants, gambling (if that's your thing), attractions (stratosphere, high roller), entertainments, and so many more things to do th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 5° 41° 6° 43°AQI 32✈️3h$6,442 / mo🌇 Also went here2 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).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 9° 48° 10° 51°AQI 23✈️4h$6,903 / mo🌇 Also went here3 people×I've moved here permanently. Kids are in an elite school for $600pm, and I'm the only non-Colombian parent. I'm surprised there aren't more foreigners. Going to Gringo Tuesdays is a very touristy thing, I only ever went once everyone is 25 and trying to get laid basically, and its P$11,000 a beer, my local pub sells beer for $P2,000 by comparison. The longer you are here the more you discover. The "centre" of the city is really from 83rd-93rd-115th roughly, 83rd has loads of great clubs and rest
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 80😷✈️5h$1,396 / mo🌇 Also went here2 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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 7° 45° 8° 46°AQI 500😷✈️12h$5,435 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×Nomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 21✈️13h$5,415 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×I've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 4° 39° 6° 42°AQI 26✈️13h$3,906 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×Visited in February of 2019, the week before Carnival. Great time to visit as there were hardly any tourists and only a few other travelers. Downside is a lot of the restaurants aren't open and some tours are shut down. Upside is you get to live like a local in a insanely touristy town 10 months of the year. We were able to grab a very nice 1 bedroom apartment in the old town center with a kitchen for 150 euros for 5 nights (30 euros/n). Probably 10-15 restaurants were open in the old town, incl
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 6° 43° 8° 47°AQI 30✈️14h$2,691 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×Just arrived in KL, we are 30/35yrs+, a married couple and digital nomads, and wow.. What a city! This is the New York City of Asia. These appartments are epic. Grand views, very affordable, luxurious! You would pay 10-fold for the same deal in NYC or Tokyo or Dubai. And the food is fantastic. Indian, Malay, Indo, Chinese, American, European. The world is here!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 33° 91° 27° 80°🥵AQI 28✈️22h$1,816 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×