⭐️ Total score |
2.49/5 (Rank #260)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,110 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 12Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C88°F (feels 35°C95°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 58%
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$246 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Philippines |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 31°C 88°F + 😊 Comfy (58%) = feels 35°C 95°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Grab |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 1.73 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 173 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Hub88 |
☕️ Best coffee place | The Coffee bean and Tea Leaf |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 590,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,951 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Philippine |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,110 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $467 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $937 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $268 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $438 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $594 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $151 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $21 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $19 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $361 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,367 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $16 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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83
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Humidity |
nice 43% |
nice 40% |
nice 39% |
nice 41% |
nice 44% |
nice 43% |
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nice 42% |
nice 42% |
nice 41% |
nice 42% |
nice 42% |
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Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 53% |
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cloudy 55% |
Sun |
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