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| ⭐️ Overall score | 233 reviews |
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| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Ecuador |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 12 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 16°C 60°F + 💦 Damp (93%) = feels 16°C 61°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 37 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 63 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Grun |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Conexión Ec Coworking |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Buen Trip |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Spiral |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Café del Fraile |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Metro Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 14% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 750,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 14,374 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,600,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $5,982 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 18x18m (324m²) per person |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | LAN Ecuador |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | LAN Ecuador |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hospital Metropolitano |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,063 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $741 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,909 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $545 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $479 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $150 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $587 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $28 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | $692 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $23 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.50 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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| Feels | 6116° cool | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 6418° cool | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 6317° cool |
| Real | 6116° cool | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 6317° cool | 6418° cool | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 6317° cool |
| Humidity | damp 78% | damp 88% | damp 87% | damp 89% | damp 82% | damp 72% | nice 62% | nice 55% | nice 63% | damp 81% | damp 89% | damp 85% |
| Rain | rainy 77mm | rainy 105mm | rainy 167mm | rainy 135mm | rainy 101mm | rainy 143mm | dry 30mm | dry 11mm | rainy 68mm | rainy 134mm | rainy 139mm | rainy 112mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 69% | cloudy 84% | overcast 90% | overcast 91% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 55% | pockets 47% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 78% |
| Air quality | okay 59 US AQI | okay 68 US AQI | okay 70 US AQI | okay 64 US AQI | okay 64 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | okay 55 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | okay 78 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | okay 64 US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI |
| Remote workers | 400 people | 720 people | 257 people | 425 people | 343 people | 371 people | 300 people | 229 people | 229 people | 300 people | 286 people | 371 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 58°AQI 21✈️58min$1,032 / mo13MbpsI don't understand why Medellin isn't tanking in the ratings right now. They are locking down again and have to wear masks outdoors lol. End the farce. We canceled our tickets. Better off spending money somewhere else so you can live your life.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 82😷✈️1h$1,010 / mo10MbpsI don't understand why Medellin isn't tanking in the ratings right now. They are locking down again and have to wear masks outdoors lol. End the farce. We canceled our tickets. Better off spending money somewhere else so you can live your life.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 82😷✈️1h$1,010 / mo10MbpsNice city. Need cash in many places still hence long lines for ATMs. Safe. Pretty. Goes from cloudy to sunny to cloudy to sunny. Take a bike tour to see the city. I stay in Chapinero which was nice. There a gym called Body Tech and they'll let you work out there for free your first time. No water fountains though so bring your own.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 9✈️2h$1,033 / mo14MbpsCali 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
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 29° 84°🥵AQI 61✈️1h$4,594 / mo17MbpsI'm the one who left the review complaining about how people don't speak English 2-3 months ago. I think it's only fair to leave another review as I projected a pretty negative overall picture of the place. I came back a second time and boy, I'm glad I did. The language barrier didn't disappear, but I came with a different mindset and made efforts to learn some basic Spanish. Being able to explain how you want your coffee even makes a huge difference. Mexican people are kind and warm-hearted.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 65✈️6h$690 / mo18MbpsSpent two years in Montreal. I have zero regrets and it was a lot of fun for a few years, but ultimately needed to leave. Pros: -Good variety of nightlife and activities. From clubs to cool bars to strip clubs, you can find it in Montreal. Drinking here is quite cheap. -Population feels very young in the city center due to multiple large universities. Other areas around are also full of young professionals. Lots of cool trendy areas. -Work to live not live to work attitudes. People in Montrea
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 23✈️7h$3,047 / mo28MbpsNice city. Need cash in many places still hence long lines for ATMs. Safe. Pretty. Goes from cloudy to sunny to cloudy to sunny. Take a bike tour to see the city. I stay in Chapinero which was nice. There a gym called Body Tech and they'll let you work out there for free your first time. No water fountains though so bring your own.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 58°AQI 21✈️58min$1,032 / mo🌇 Also went here50 peopleI don't understand why Medellin isn't tanking in the ratings right now. They are locking down again and have to wear masks outdoors lol. End the farce. We canceled our tickets. Better off spending money somewhere else so you can live your life.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 9✈️2h$1,033 / mo🌇 Also went here54 peopleI'm the one who left the review complaining about how people don't speak English 2-3 months ago. I think it's only fair to leave another review as I projected a pretty negative overall picture of the place. I came back a second time and boy, I'm glad I did. The language barrier didn't disappear, but I came with a different mindset and made efforts to learn some basic Spanish. Being able to explain how you want your coffee even makes a huge difference. Mexican people are kind and warm-hearted.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 127😷✈️4h$1,415 / mo🌇 Also went here46 peopleBeen living here in Buenos Aires for almost three years. Right now, it's (relatively) cheap. I mean, it isn't for the people who currently lives here but it's if you're a foreign, as the inflation keeps going on the peso isn't that worthy now. But, as I'm saying, if you come with dollars is going to make a huge difference. (3 years ago: 20 pesos= 1 USD. June 2020: 95 pesos= 1 USD. and if you're selling dollars in the informal market they will pay you $124. and with that you can buy two small
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 65✈️6h$690 / mo🌇 Also went here59 peopleI'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 28° 82° 26° 79°AQI 107😷✈️6h$5,080 / mo🌇 Also went here45 peopleHow 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 63✈️12h$4,274 / mo🌇 Also went here51 peopleEven if the city is kind of on the decline, it still is awesome. Perfect weather all year, amazing food, vibrant local & expat community.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 82°AQI 30✈️12h$3,187 / mo🌇 Also went here48 peopleParis is wonderful, and I love it here, but the stereotypes some real truth to them. I stepped off the plane to a protest, my airbnb host was incredibly stylish yet didn't wear deoderant, and I met the rudest waiter I've ever encountered in my entire life on day 3 (though most Parisians are super nice!)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 32✈️12h$3,853 / mo🌇 Also went here50 peopleHousing is an issue (so cost of living is high) but the city is beautiful and summer in Amsterdam is hard to beat with all the cultural activiies and music festivals. Would not want to live in the actual city center (inside the "grachtengordel") but have been living in East for over 2 years now and aside from the price (and size) of apartment life is just good here. Biking everywhere is bliss. Winter can be cold though.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 73✈️13h$4,964 / mo🌇 Also went here41 peopleRome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 36° 97° 31° 87°🥵AQI 53✈️13h$4,031 / mo🌇 Also went here39 peopleBerlin 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 29° 84° 27° 81°AQI 51✈️14h$3,101 / mo🌇 Also went here47 peopleI 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 49✈️14h$2,232 / mo🌇 Also went here41 peopleI stayed here for a month in July last year. There's lots of cool aspects to the city but I hated it when I was there. The city has a problem with British stag parties, so if you look like you're a British male and speak English expect to be treated with disdain (it's fair enough) The Hungarians can just generally be unfriendly, especially bartenders. It's a weird experience waiting to be served while 3 people ignore you. Or buying the same drink and getting charged whatever they want (700-1500
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 28° 82° 28° 83°AQI 35✈️14h$1,550 / mo🌇 Also went here41 peopleDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84°🥵AQI 50✈️25h$1,357 / mo🌇 Also went here41 people
