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| ⭐️ Total score | 213 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Ecuador |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (77%) = feels 31°C 88°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 48 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Claro |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,982 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | LAN Ecuador |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | LAN Ecuador |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,371 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,026 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,522 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $721 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $514 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $52 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $618 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $29 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 602 listings) | $1,114 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $37 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.91 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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| Humidity |
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sweaty 84% |
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| Rain |
rainy 268mm |
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rainy 198mm |
dry 42mm |
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dry 22mm |
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I spent 7 days there. It's a little town for beach, surf and party. However, in the place "SELINA", you have a good environment to work, in front of the beach. The coworking space there isn't good, but the coffee inside the same "building" is very cool. I would recommend you to stay here 3 or 4 days, after that it's a bit boring. It's quiet in the week day, so better you manage to schedule to be there at least one friday or saturday, if you like partying.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76° AQI 48 🚕3h $1,237 / mo 16 Mbps
It gets chilly at night and most places don't have a heater, so pack some extra thick socks! Felt quite safe compared to other latinAm countries. This had a safer vibe than Guayaquil and all was very affordable. People are friendly. Went to the zoo, spa, a few hiking trails and such but otherwise not much to do. Great if you wanna hunker down for a few months and live cheaply in a quieter part of Ecuador.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 62° AQI 48 ✈️10min $1,730 / mo 4 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌫 Feels 3° 37° 4° 38° AQI 48 ✈️12min $1,245 / mo 29 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 48 ✈️20min $1,777 / mo 8 Mbps
Very underrated. Had a great time staying in La Carolina. I have friends who have been living there for 3+ years and can confirm safety has gotten a bit worse but it's still reasonable. Prices are affordable and there's many hiking spots within 1-3 hours.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59° AQI 48 ✈️22min $1,574 / mo 6 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57° AQI 48 ✈️38min $646 / mo 4 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63° AQI 48 ✈️40min $941 / mo 9 Mbps
Cali has beautiful weather and kind, friendly people. You will need to use Spanish here so it is a great place to learn. Locals are very patient with novice speakers. The city has many green spaces and weekend travel to the Pacific region and Coffee country is possible as well as inexpensive flights to other major cities in Colombia. Salsa is king here so it is worth taking lessons, as this is a major part of the city's nightlife. You can live quite cheaply here but expect foreign or imported fo
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 29° 84° 26° 79° 🥵 AQI 137 😷 ✈️58min $962 / mo 6 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66° AQI 137 😷 ✈️1h $1,235 / mo 4 Mbps
Strongly agree that this is an underrated city! If you want to buckle down and get some work done, it's a great place to be. Folks here are a bit more serious and business minded, and it comes with generally good internet and functioning services around the city. There are a number of cool coliving buildings that make life really fun. I stayed in one called Plura Coliving for about $700/month. You get a private room/bathroom + gym, spa, bar, restaurant, laundry, coworking, rec rooms, etc. all bu
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 16° 61° 15° 59° AQI 13 ✈️1h $1,031 / mo 6 Mbps
Lived here for about 3 months as a female. The climate is amazing as it is the City of Eternal Spring. Very reasonable prices everywhere. I stayed in Poblado, but about a 25 minute walk from all the action of Poblado. Walking on the main roads during the day was fine. The local people are amazingly nice. However, once night falls, you have to be careful here. Do not walk on quiet streets. Leave your valuables at home and do not ever show your mobile phone outside on the street. Use an Uber at ni
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 76 😷 ✈️1h $1,117 / mo 6 Mbps
Loved Miraflores in Lima - has a lot of stylish cafes and restaurants with good food, coworkings, parks. Barranco has some amazing nightclubs. Although Lima is more expensive than other parts of Peru
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66° AQI 59 ✈️2h $1,104 / mo 6 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76° ✈️2h $1,363 / mo 16 Mbps
It gets chilly at night and most places don't have a heater, so pack some extra thick socks! Felt quite safe compared to other latinAm countries. This had a safer vibe than Guayaquil and all was very affordable. People are friendly. Went to the zoo, spa, a few hiking trails and such but otherwise not much to do. Great if you wanna hunker down for a few months and live cheaply in a quieter part of Ecuador.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 62° AQI 48 ✈️10min $1,730 / mo 4 Mbps
I spent 7 days there. It's a little town for beach, surf and party. However, in the place "SELINA", you have a good environment to work, in front of the beach. The coworking space there isn't good, but the coffee inside the same "building" is very cool. I would recommend you to stay here 3 or 4 days, after that it's a bit boring. It's quiet in the week day, so better you manage to schedule to be there at least one friday or saturday, if you like partying.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76° AQI 48 🚕3h $1,237 / mo 16 Mbps
I guess if you're a nomad this doesn't matter much, but the long-term job pickings here are slim and among the most underpaid for a US city. There seems to be a tacit rent floor that means you won't find a good deal on housing. A lot of people don't seem very invested in their interpersonal relationships here since their ties to the area are often transient.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84° AQI 39 ✈️4h $5,183 / mo 49 Mbps
Loved Miraflores in Lima - has a lot of stylish cafes and restaurants with good food, coworkings, parks. Barranco has some amazing nightclubs. Although Lima is more expensive than other parts of Peru
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66° AQI 59 ✈️2h $1,104 / mo 6 Mbps
Strongly agree that this is an underrated city! If you want to buckle down and get some work done, it's a great place to be. Folks here are a bit more serious and business minded, and it comes with generally good internet and functioning services around the city. There are a number of cool coliving buildings that make life really fun. I stayed in one called Plura Coliving for about $700/month. You get a private room/bathroom + gym, spa, bar, restaurant, laundry, coworking, rec rooms, etc. all bu
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 16° 61° 15° 59° AQI 13 ✈️1h $1,031 / mo 6 Mbps
Very underrated. Had a great time staying in La Carolina. I have friends who have been living there for 3+ years and can confirm safety has gotten a bit worse but it's still reasonable. Prices are affordable and there's many hiking spots within 1-3 hours.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59° AQI 48 ✈️22min $1,574 / mo 6 Mbps
Been to 29 cities in 6 months and I can say Rio is AMAZING. However not safe at all, by my first week I knew a total of 10 people that got robbed (3 groups). I've been living here for almost 1 month recharging from fast traveling and haven't been robbed.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 50 ✈️6h $1,725 / mo 6 Mbps
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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 17 ✈️13h $3,819 / mo 39 Mbps
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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 22 ✈️4h $1,545 / mo 11 Mbps
Panama City is a B+ place to live: solid weather, amenities, safety, and cleanliness... but, it feels much like an American city due to the skyscrapers, urban sprawl, and the limited activities. If you're not shopping, eating at a restaurant, bar hopping, or going to a reggaeton club until 3am, there's not a whole lot else to do. The weather is remarkably consistent: everyday it will be 85F, it will be cloudy for a few hours including a 15-30 minute shower, and then it will be mostly sunny for
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 25 ✈️2h $2,204 / mo 14 Mbps
People are obsessed with American living way. Everything is in Malls, from store to restaurants. You will need a car or taxi to get there. Renting apartments will be extremely complicated as you will need to show your income, paid taxes, etc. You can always use Airbnb, but you will pay 3-4 times more then what is worth. Everything is overpriced for what you will get. Food in restaurants is 5/10, if you will buy in stores, expect most of it imported from Europe, USA and other countries. Fun facto
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66° AQI 139 😷 ✈️5h $1,484 / mo 11 Mbps
Very underrated. Had a great time staying in La Carolina. I have friends who have been living there for 3+ years and can confirm safety has gotten a bit worse but it's still reasonable. Prices are affordable and there's many hiking spots within 1-3 hours.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59° AQI 48 ✈️22min $1,574 / mo 🌇 Also went here32 people
Strongly agree that this is an underrated city! If you want to buckle down and get some work done, it's a great place to be. Folks here are a bit more serious and business minded, and it comes with generally good internet and functioning services around the city. There are a number of cool coliving buildings that make life really fun. I stayed in one called Plura Coliving for about $700/month. You get a private room/bathroom + gym, spa, bar, restaurant, laundry, coworking, rec rooms, etc. all bu
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 16° 61° 15° 59° AQI 13 ✈️1h $1,031 / mo 🌇 Also went here31 people
Lived here for about 3 months as a female. The climate is amazing as it is the City of Eternal Spring. Very reasonable prices everywhere. I stayed in Poblado, but about a 25 minute walk from all the action of Poblado. Walking on the main roads during the day was fine. The local people are amazingly nice. However, once night falls, you have to be careful here. Do not walk on quiet streets. Leave your valuables at home and do not ever show your mobile phone outside on the street. Use an Uber at ni
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 76 😷 ✈️1h $1,117 / mo 🌇 Also went here42 people
Loved Miraflores in Lima - has a lot of stylish cafes and restaurants with good food, coworkings, parks. Barranco has some amazing nightclubs. Although Lima is more expensive than other parts of Peru
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66° AQI 59 ✈️2h $1,104 / mo 🌇 Also went here32 people
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76° ✈️2h $1,363 / mo 🌇 Also went here32 people
I mostly don't like it here. Possibly I am too used to USA or have not traveled enough. PRO: It is beautiful, with great natural resources, inexpensive rates & lots of activities to do. There are carriage rides & snorkling, beach events, etc. Lots & lots of great places for brunch or dinner & drinks. CONS: There's a strong cultural, economic & racial divide here. The locals see the tourist as distinctly different from them. It's hard to find any locals to have a conversation & just tre
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 25 ✈️2h $1,620 / mo 🌇 Also went here29 people
Playa Del Carmen is a super touristy beach town and the catch is, the beach is always full of seaweed, so if you expect to swim in it, have fun. I stayed there for 5 months and only remember the beach being clear 2-3 times. The seaweed stinks so that means the beach stinks. You have to go out of the tourist areas if you want to find some good food for a reasonable price or it's like you never left your home country. The police are very corrupt and known to rob tourists walking home from the b
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 37° 99° 30° 85° 🥵 AQI 59 ✈️4h $1,662 / mo 🌇 Also went here30 people
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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 22 ✈️4h $1,545 / mo 🌇 Also went here38 people
Was here for January 2022. It was very nice. It's a very European city with South American vibes. Due to high inflation, it's cheap. The steak is the best I've ever eaten. Go to AreaTres for coworking. Bring cash (EUR or USD) in large bills. Otherwise, you'll have to pay by card and get the official exchange rate, which is 50% of what you get on the black ("blue") market. There are many places to exchange cash. As an alternative to cash, I've also heard that people like to send themselves money
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 11° 52° 12° 54° AQI 21 ✈️6h $909 / mo 🌇 Also went here29 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 17 ✈️13h $3,819 / mo 🌇 Also went here33 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69° AQI 25 ✈️13h $4,414 / mo 🌇 Also went here30 people
A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62° AQI 39 ✈️13h $5,944 / mo 🌇 Also went here29 people
Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67° AQI 25 ✈️14h $4,311 / mo 🌇 Also went here34 people
I visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68° AQI 31 ✈️14h $2,846 / mo 🌇 Also went here28 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 42° 108° 32° 89° 🥵 AQI 70 ✈️25h $1,319 / mo 🌇 Also went here29 people
