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| ⭐️ Overall score | 185 reviews |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Costa Rica |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 29 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (86%) = feels 36°C 97°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 17 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Movistar |
| 💸 1,000 CRC in USD | USD 1.36 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CRC 100,000 = USD 136 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | SWINDA COWORK OFFICE |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Bali beach deli |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 13% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $11,825 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | VRBO |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Nature Air |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | €2,994 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €1,470 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €2,124 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €607 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €409 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €112 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €3,596 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €168 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (61 listings) | €3,160 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €104 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €2 |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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| Feels | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 10038° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9736° hot | 9736° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot |
| Real | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | nice 64% | nice 65% | nice 61% | nice 67% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 71% |
| Rain | dry 11mm | dry 6mm | dry 8mm | dry 49mm | rainy 216mm | rainy 130mm | rainy 102mm | rainy 140mm | rainy 130mm | rainy 246mm | rainy 80mm | dry 39mm |
| Cloud | pockets 10% | pockets 24% | pockets 25% | pockets 43% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 55% | pockets 25% |
| Sun | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI |
| Remote workers | 500 people | 467 people | 650 people | 733 people | 400 people | 400 people | 267 people | 200 people | 240 people | 200 people | 450 people | 280 people |
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