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| ⭐️ Total score | 230 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 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* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Mexico |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 33°C 91°F + 🥵 Sweaty (79%) = feels 46°C 115°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 6 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Telcel |
| 💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 4.94 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 494 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 10% 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 | $1,198 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $692 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,222 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $349 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $170 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $98 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $657 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $31 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 880 listings) | $1,022 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $33 / 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 on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ 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
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ 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 Nomad List members right now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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| Humidity |
nice 80% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 71% |
nice 69% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 78% |
| Rain |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 75mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 30mm |
rainy 101mm |
rainy 203mm |
rainy 104mm |
rainy 152mm |
rainy 125mm |
rainy 93mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 23mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 35% |
| Air quality |
okay 62 US AQI |
clean 6** US AQI |
clean 6** US AQI |
clean 6** US AQI |
clean 6** US AQI |
clean 6** 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 |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
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avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
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Everything is for American tourists. Prices are sometimes even higher than in the US. Beach is beautiful, there's nothing to do downtown. Cenotes, archaeological zone are cool, worth a visit. Covid is like it doesn't exist. Internet was cool in Selina. Cool to stay for a couple of nights of chilling, but not for living.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 43° 109° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 9 ✈️19min $2,520 / mo 11 Mbps
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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 42° 108° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 9 ✈️21min $1,582 / mo 6 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 42° 108° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 9 ✈️22min $1,473 / mo 9 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 42° 108° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 22 ✈️23min $1,370 / mo 6 Mbps
The wifi conection on all the island maybe can be slower sometimes. i sugesto to have a 50gb plan internet by Didi simcards
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 41° 106° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 22 ✈️24min $2,935 / mo 24 Mbps
I love San Pedro for the diving, fishing and street food. Great internet and have worked here remotely several times in the last year. Some of the best diving in all of the Caribbean at offshore Atolls, with incredible bio-diversity, and world class fishing. I prefer minimalist island vibe without Gucci stores, am here for the wildlife, and love driving to dinner on the beach in a lifted golf cart.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 30° 85° 🥵 AQI 9 ✈️30min $3,458 / mo 7 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 85° 🥵 AQI 9 ✈️31min $3,166 / mo 15 Mbps
There is absolutely no reason to stay in Belize City. You're just going to get ripped off by taxis and restaurants (always do the math on your bill). You come to Belize to go to the islands or ruins, not Belize City.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 39° 102° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 9 ✈️33min $2,602 / mo 7 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 37° 99° 29° 84° 🥵 AQI 9 ✈️34min $2,089 / mo 14 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66° AQI 6 ✈️46min $1,100 / mo 24 Mbps
Roatan is a beautiful island and has become a worthwhile spot for digital nomads. I've been impressed with the high band internet speeds and over all reliability of all services! If you want to scuba dive, this is one of the best places on the planet to do that as well
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81° 🥵 AQI 70 ✈️49min $2,199 / mo 4 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 34° 93° 27° 80° 🥵 AQI 70 ✈️50min $2,261 / mo 3 Mbps
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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 42° 108° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 9 ✈️21min $1,582 / mo 6 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 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 34 ✈️1h $1,498 / mo 11 Mbps
Loved this city! It is not big although has great nightlife, coworkings, amazing streetart and is quite cheap. Although, when I visited in December 2021 they had problems with garbage removal.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 6 ✈️1h $1,326 / mo 6 Mbps
Everything is for American tourists. Prices are sometimes even higher than in the US. Beach is beautiful, there's nothing to do downtown. Cenotes, archaeological zone are cool, worth a visit. Covid is like it doesn't exist. Internet was cool in Selina. Cool to stay for a couple of nights of chilling, but not for living.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 43° 109° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 9 ✈️19min $2,520 / mo 11 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 42° 108° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 22 ✈️23min $1,370 / mo 6 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66° AQI 6 ✈️46min $1,100 / mo 24 Mbps
The wifi conection on all the island maybe can be slower sometimes. i sugesto to have a 50gb plan internet by Didi simcards
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 41° 106° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 22 ✈️24min $2,935 / mo 24 Mbps
I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 29° 85° AQI 19 ✈️4h $5,325 / mo 34 Mbps
Great place. My fifth time here. Nice weather all year around and good food. Prices are good as well and internet has been consistently fast. Before you go, look up the neighbourhood as some places aren't safe.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 38 ✈️2h $1,198 / mo 6 Mbps
Antigua is a fun, historic and compact city with enough international visitors to make it comfortable for any expat for digital nomad. In recent decades the city has evolved into an international Spanish-learning destination, for the high quality of life, tourism amenities, access to nature, and low cost. It's also a few hour drive from one of the most beautiful lakes I've ever seen: Lake Atitlan.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 71° AQI 9 ✈️58min $1,403 / mo 3 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 36° 97° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 25 ✈️1h $4,938 / mo 39 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 42° 108° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 9 ✈️22min $1,473 / mo 9 Mbps
Everything is for American tourists. Prices are sometimes even higher than in the US. Beach is beautiful, there's nothing to do downtown. Cenotes, archaeological zone are cool, worth a visit. Covid is like it doesn't exist. Internet was cool in Selina. Cool to stay for a couple of nights of chilling, but not for living.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 43° 109° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 9 ✈️19min $2,520 / mo 🌇 Also went here74 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 42° 108° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 9 ✈️21min $1,582 / mo 🌇 Also went here91 people
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 42° 108° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 22 ✈️23min $1,370 / mo 🌇 Also went here60 people
Loved this city! It is not big although has great nightlife, coworkings, amazing streetart and is quite cheap. Although, when I visited in December 2021 they had problems with garbage removal.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 6 ✈️1h $1,326 / mo 🌇 Also went here68 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 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 34 ✈️1h $1,498 / mo 🌇 Also went here97 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 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 78 😷 ✈️3h $1,166 / mo 🌇 Also went here62 people
Good: - Great local food - Portuguese people are amazingly friendly - Vibrant DN community. It's like the city has been overtaken by remote workers. You will see everyone working on their laptop everywhere you go. - Amazing views whenever you want; you can just get a beer and climb to one of the viewpoints to see the sunset. Easy and magical. - Super cheap Ubers, easy subway Bad: - Housing prices. I'm not kidding, it's the worst I've ever seen. Ultra overpriced. I guess that's the problem when
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 27 ✈️10h $2,353 / mo 🌇 Also went here61 people
How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 17 ✈️11h $5,101 / mo 🌇 Also went here62 people
Just blindingly good. Best european city by miles. Cheap tube €26 for 5 days unlimited use! City centre is all walkable though. 4 or 5 distinct barrios with mega nightlife- does anyone actually work?!! Architecture fabulous on every street. Museum reno sofia; the best collection of 20c art, free entry after 7pm! The locals are friendly too. Could easily move here.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 32° 90° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 93 😷 ✈️11h $2,917 / mo 🌇 Also went here52 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 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 24 ✈️11h $4,165 / mo 🌇 Also went here57 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 30° 86° 28° 82° AQI 33 ✈️12h $3,779 / mo 🌇 Also went here68 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 28° 82° 26° 80° AQI 39 ✈️12h $3,175 / mo 🌇 Also went here57 people
Stayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 34° 93° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 41 ✈️13h $1,034 / mo 🌇 Also went here51 people
Chiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 25 ✈️21h $930 / mo 🌇 Also went here53 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 37° 99° 30° 87° 🥵 AQI 65 ✈️21h $1,257 / mo 🌇 Also went here54 people
