⭐️ Total score | 2.05/5 (Rank #1067) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍25% liked it 👎75% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Good |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,958 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 82Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 29°C84°F (feels 28°C82°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 34% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 63 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 27 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Low: $1,150 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 8k ppl/km² (1 per 11x11m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Chile |
🗓️ Average trip length | 14 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 82 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 29°C 84°F + 😊 Comfy (34%) = feels 28°C 82°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 63 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 27 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Ñuñoa |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Santiago |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 1,000 CLP in USD | USD 1.06 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CLP 100,000 = USD 106 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Connectas |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | CoworkingLatam |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 5,600,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,794 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 11x11m (121m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Vivastreet |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | LAN |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,958 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,029 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,149 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $614 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,155 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,017 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $304 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $54 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $33 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $195 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $8 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $5,853 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $8 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members here all year round
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Nomad List members really didn't like going here
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 5714° cool | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 7323° mild | 7725° warm |
Real | 8027° warm | 7524° warm | 7625° warm | 7021° mild | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 5714° cool | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 7323° mild | 7725° warm |
Humidity | too dry 26% | too dry 30% | too dry 27% | too dry 26% | too dry 24% | too dry 25% | too dry 19% | too dry 28% | too dry 28% | too dry 22% | too dry 22% | too dry 22% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 2mm | dry 3mm | dry 5mm | dry 1mm | dry 32mm | dry 44mm | dry 1mm | rainy 90mm | dry 28mm | dry 4mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm |
Cloud | pockets 12% | pockets 13% | pockets 13% | pockets 15% | pockets 38% | pockets 37% | pockets 19% | pockets 37% | pockets 23% | pockets 14% | pockets 14% | clear 9% |
Air quality | clean 43 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 14 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 13 UVI |
Remote workers | 1,543 people | 973 people | 1,493 people | 988 people | 925 people | 800 people | 743 people | 840 people | 640 people | 1,520 people | 1,000 people | 1,425 people |
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Cool spot but definitely a touristy town. A lot of places to eat, work from, with (reliable) wifi basically everywhere. Not a lot of english speaking so it can get lonely if you don't speak Spanish! Also great beaches
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 81°AQI 68😷🚕3h$2,152 / mo21Mbps×Honestly, it's pretty awful if you're trying to work. Only good for a one or two day tour with some beautiful street art and a couple museums. But I showed up and it really smells, is incredibly dirty, locals tell me it's dangerous and the wi-fi consistently cuts out. I was panning to stay in the area 3 days and instead leaving the day I arrived.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 68😷🚕3h$2,054 / mo21Mbps×Córdoba is a city with a convenient size to explore and live in. They also have a Digital Nomads Program that offers free coworking places, accommodation and gastronomy discounts, and a cycle of activities to meet locals and other nomads.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 58° 136° 36° 96°🥵✈️52min$1,390 / mo45Mbps×Just an update on the currency situation. Now, it seems you get the dollar blue exchange rate by using a credit card, so as long as you have a credit card that doesn't charge fees, it will be as cheap if not cheaper than paying in cash for things. Changing money is no hassle if you use the cuevas, and have clean 100 dollar bills for the best exchange rate. I have been two weeks, and have been humbled by the kindness and openness of the people so far. I have not found them rude in any way, quite
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 42✈️2h$1,550 / mo76Mbps×Just an update on the currency situation. Now, it seems you get the dollar blue exchange rate by using a credit card, so as long as you have a credit card that doesn't charge fees, it will be as cheap if not cheaper than paying in cash for things. Changing money is no hassle if you use the cuevas, and have clean 100 dollar bills for the best exchange rate. I have been two weeks, and have been humbled by the kindness and openness of the people so far. I have not found them rude in any way, quite
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 42✈️2h$1,550 / mo76Mbps×Been living here 3 months. Overall i would say its a place only good for short trips to like machu picchu/rainbow mountain. My rating 5/10. Pros - extremely safe especially in miraflores and barranco. Airbnbs cheap enough if you are ok living the cramped condo life. Breathtaking views off the cliff and pacific ocean. Excellent japanese food.Internet reliable and fast. Cons - hassle to get sim card have to go with passport and dependong where you go theres long lines. Immigration gives shor
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 66😷✈️3h$1,289 / mo47Mbps×Honestly, it's pretty awful if you're trying to work. Only good for a one or two day tour with some beautiful street art and a couple museums. But I showed up and it really smells, is incredibly dirty, locals tell me it's dangerous and the wi-fi consistently cuts out. I was panning to stay in the area 3 days and instead leaving the day I arrived.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 68😷🚕3h$2,054 / mo21Mbps×Stay in one of these neighborhoods: Itaim Bibi, Jardim Europa, Jardim Paulista, or Pinheiros, and it will be great.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 39° 102° 30° 86°🥵AQI 72😷✈️3h$1,994 / mo89MbpsדDon’t take your phone out” is some outdated advice… there are several people on the streets and in the metro using phones and taking pictures. Remember that nothing stays the same forever. Rio is safer than many people describe. Use your common sense.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 40° 104° 31° 87°🥵✈️4h$2,182 / mo40Mbps×Love it! Don't expect them to speak English, that is NOT their native language. If you're going to go, learn some Spanish and respect their culture. No gentrification in Mexico, please.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°✈️9h$2,033 / mo70Mbps×Very bad place to visit right now. The country is in a time of political and civil unrest, with mass protests closing down airports, train stations, and roads since early December 2022 (it is now mid January 2023). Tourists have had to be evacuated. The train to Machu Picchu is indefinitely closed until further notice. 48 people have died in the conflicts so far. Peru, and Cusco in particular, is a beautiful place with amazing things to see - but right now is not the time to visit.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°✈️3h$1,297 / mo54Mbps×I've casually found this page, living in Montevideo for a twelve year now I want to write a little comment about some of the things I've read here. 1) the cost of living: yes, it's expensive. no, you don't need 4000 usd/month. Of course you can spend it if you want, but actually we're a family of four and our monthly balance is about 3000$. we don't own a car, we don't go out every evening, we don't live in punta carretas. of course, if you want to live in the most expensive neighborhood and wan
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°✈️2h$2,802 / mo50Mbps×Cool spot but definitely a touristy town. A lot of places to eat, work from, with (reliable) wifi basically everywhere. Not a lot of english speaking so it can get lonely if you don't speak Spanish! Also great beaches
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 81°AQI 68😷🚕3h$2,152 / mo21Mbps×An awesome city full of gorgeous greenery/flowers (check it out during the flower fest) and beautiful women. People are down to earth and has a big reggaeton scene (some of the big worldwide artists from here). International food has been improving as it solidifies as a foreigner vacation spot. Been coming to medellin for like 7 years mainly for vacations, while weather is good (spring like) i prefer a bit colder myself. Everything is cheap, and colombians in general are friendly and welcoming.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 42✈️2h$1,550 / mo🌇 Also went here381 people×Been living here 3 months. Overall i would say its a place only good for short trips to like machu picchu/rainbow mountain. My rating 5/10. Pros - extremely safe especially in miraflores and barranco. Airbnbs cheap enough if you are ok living the cramped condo life. Breathtaking views off the cliff and pacific ocean. Excellent japanese food.Internet reliable and fast. Cons - hassle to get sim card have to go with passport and dependong where you go theres long lines. Immigration gives shor
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 40° 104° 31° 87°🥵✈️4h$2,182 / mo🌇 Also went here200 people×An awesome city full of gorgeous greenery/flowers (check it out during the flower fest) and beautiful women. People are down to earth and has a big reggaeton scene (some of the big worldwide artists from here). International food has been improving as it solidifies as a foreigner vacation spot. Been coming to medellin for like 7 years mainly for vacations, while weather is good (spring like) i prefer a bit colder myself. Everything is cheap, and colombians in general are friendly and welcoming.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 97😷✈️6h$1,426 / mo🌇 Also went here218 people×Love it! Don't expect them to speak English, that is NOT their native language. If you're going to go, learn some Spanish and respect their culture. No gentrification in Mexico, please.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°✈️9h$2,033 / mo🌇 Also went here219 people×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°✈️11h$6,369 / mo🌇 Also went here222 people×Once you figure out housing (not an easy thing but doable, especially once you stop looking in the touristic areas), Lisbon is a very charming, safe (even though I'll admit this is getting worse in certain areas), and fun city to live in. In most neighbourhoods you have the feeling of living in a small town instead of an urban area. There's aways something to do or see so it's hard to be bored living here. I still find Lisbon (and Portugal in general), to be one of the most attractive places in
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 67°✈️14h$3,578 / mo🌇 Also went here224 people×It is more expensve than expected. Depending whete you live, streets can be dirty. It seems the government only uses the tax money to invest in the high en areas. Thwre are is a lot of inequality. People are very racist. I am Mexican, and the first thing people ask me here, is whete do I come from. I have never felt as discriminated as here and to be honest I dont think I have it as bad as other people.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 65°AQI 61😷✈️14h$3,654 / mo🌇 Also went here178 people×I don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 72😷✈️15h$4,205 / mo🌇 Also went here247 people×I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 72😷✈️16h$4,782 / mo🌇 Also went here253 people×I don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 38✈️16h$5,642 / mo🌇 Also went here266 people×I recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 23✈️16h$5,946 / mo🌇 Also went here204 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 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 5° 41° 6° 42°AQI 42✈️17h$3,749 / mo🌇 Also went here201 people×A dystopian cyberpunk metropolis, a veritable Night City, both chaotic and well run, livable yet poisonous. Follow the classic advice: stay near the BTS, skyscraper condo, work from mall libraries, cafes, and commons, don’t be outside. Outsource your chores. On a western salary or with savings, you’ll be playing life on easy mode. Focus your energy on meeting people, honing your body, and learning new skills. There’s a reason it’s number 1. You can disagree, but try to find it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 40° 104° 34° 93°🥵AQI 90😷✈️24h$1,423 / mo🌇 Also went here208 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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