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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 211 reviews |
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| 👶 Family friendly | |
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| ✌️ Peace | |
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| 😄 Happiness | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBT friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Costa Rica |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 14 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌤 33°C 91°F + 💦 Humid (71%) + 💨 7km/h = feels like 43°C 109°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 65 US AQI equal to 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Movistar |
| 💸 1,000 CRC in USD | USD 1.73 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CRC 100,000 USD 173 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Tico Tamarindo |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Pangas Beach Club |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 6,900 people |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | VRBO |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Nature Air |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Nature Air |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hospital La Católica |
| beachsurfingnon-touristywarm nowwarmhotslow internethigh humidityfreedom of pressdemocracyfreedommany womenfriendly people |
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $2,747 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,675 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,130 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $609 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $434 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $124 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $2,364 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $111 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (81 listings) | $3,952 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $130 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $5 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
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| Feels like | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 10641° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 10842° scorching | 10842° scorching | 10038° hot | 9334° hot | 10239° hot | 9937° hot |
| Real temperature | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9234° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8731° hot | 8429° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot |
| Humidity | comfy 62% | comfy 60% | comfy 57% | comfy 61% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 74% | comfy 69% |
| Rain | not rainy 3mm | not rainy 2mm | not rainy 4mm | not rainy 22mm | rainy 145mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 112mm | rainy 155mm | rainy 191mm | rainy 76mm | not rainy 27mm |
| Cloud cover | clear 8% | pockets 22% | pockets 29% | pockets 35% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 63% | pockets 49% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 51% | pockets 19% |
| Air quality | clean 65** AQI | clean 65** AQI | clean 65** AQI | clean 65** AQI | clean 65** AQI | clean 65** AQI | clean 65** AQI | clean 65** AQI | clean 65** AQI | clean 65** AQI | clean 65** AQI | clean 65** AQI |
| UV Index | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI |
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✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot all year round
❌ Humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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