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| ⭐️ Overall score | 229 reviews |
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| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Mexico |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 9 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 34°C 93°F + 🥵 Sweaty (75%) = feels 48°C 118°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 110 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Telcel |
| 💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 4.95 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 495 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 780,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $8,444 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Linio |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Volaris |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aeromexico |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,280 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $639 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,225 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $350 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $170 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $98 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,033 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $48 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (971 listings) | $807 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $26 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomad List members didn't like going here
❌ Not many members go here
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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| Feels | 8630° warm | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 10641° scorching | 11848° scorching | 11546° scorching | 11546° scorching | 11546° scorching | 11546° scorching | 11546° scorching | 9736° hot | 9032° hot |
| Real | 8127° warm | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9535° hot | 9234° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 76% | sweaty 73% | nice 66% | nice 66% | nice 66% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 81% |
| Rain | dry 28mm | dry 22mm | dry 16mm | dry 31mm | rainy 64mm | rainy 236mm | rainy 160mm | rainy 103mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 91mm | dry 43mm | dry 23mm |
| Cloud | pockets 33% | pockets 18% | pockets 12% | pockets 20% | pockets 31% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 51% | pockets 45% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 68% | pockets 45% | pockets 39% |
| Air quality | okay 62 US AQI | badokay 110** US AQI | badokay 110** US AQI | badokay 110** US AQI | badokay 110** US AQI | badokay 110** US AQI | okay 74 US AQI | okay 71 US AQI | okay 77 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | okay 52 US AQI | okay 55 US AQI |
| Sun | sunburn 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 2 people | 2 people | 3 people | 3 people | 2 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 3 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 30° 85°🥵AQI 110😷✈️19min$1,643 / mo9MbpsLove living here! This was my 3rd foreign country and the first that both myself and my husband got to figure out together. I highly recommend getting a bike while you're here and immediately signing up for a coworking space (I use bunker coworking). Not all places have great wifi and you have to be specific on the upload/download speed that you require when contacting hosts with questions. Avoid tourist traps. Do not rent a place off of 5th Ave or 10th Ave unless you are in Playacar or way off
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