Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 161 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Oceania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚩 Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 2 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 18 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌥 14°C 58°F + 💦 Not humid (50%) + 💨 2km/h = Feels like 14°C 57°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 7 µg/m3 equal to / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Vodafone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 10 NZD in USD | USD 6.35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: NZD 100 | USD 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Coffee Shack Wanaka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ♻️ Return rate | 0% of nomads return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 8,500 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Jetstar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $3,626 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,170 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,762 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,075 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $778 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $210 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $2,975 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $139 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (41 listings) | $3,748 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $123 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $10 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 88°AQI 44✈️10.917975232282$2,893 / mo🌇 Also went here11 peopleHo Chi Minh City is clearly the place to be right now. What I like most is the diversity : there are quiet places, busy places, cheap places, fancy places. Above all, the most important thing for a digital nomad is the Internet and it's almost perfect (there are some breakdowns a few seconds here and there) but overall it's pretty fast. You can feel a great vibe, there is just the right balance between chaos and comfort. Highly recommend.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 45° 113° 31° 88°😷AQI 52✈️11.71545459312$1,017 / mo🌇 Also went here7 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 service to the BTS station. I have literally gone to a restaurant to pay 8 USD for a meal, when the exact dish was available on the street for only 1 USD and tastes much better. I ate out everyday and went partying a couple of times a week, and my total monthly expenses was still under 1000 usd. TIPS -Gyms are fucking expensive in Thailand. Expect to pay at least 60 USD/month for the gym, which is crazy when you consider the average wage in Thailand is 15 usd/per day. -Vitamins and supplements cost double the price than what you would get at home. Thais do not take supplements. Maybe only foreigners and really rich Thais. People spending 1500 USD per month must be eating steak daily and hanging out at places meant for foreigners.
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 12✈️24.053858785893$3,026 / mo🌇 Also went here10 peopleOne giant tourist trap. Giant hordes of rich Europeans vacationing with their parents credit cards.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 22° 71°AQI 30✈️24.769952216857$5,407 / mo🌇 Also went here8 people✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBT
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
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