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| ⭐️ Overall score | 210 reviews |
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| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Costa Rica |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 14 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (94%) = feels 34°C 93°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 68 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Movistar |
| 💸 1,000 CRC in USD | USD 1.62 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CRC 100,000 = USD 162 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Tico Tamarindo |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Pangas Beach Club |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 6,900 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $11,825 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ 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 |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,623 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,622 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,988 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $568 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $405 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $116 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,207 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $103 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (91 listings) | $3,924 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $129 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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| Feels | 10239° hot | 10038° hot | 10440° hot | 10842° scorching | 10440° hot | 10641° scorching | 10440° hot | 10440° hot | 10038° hot | 9535° hot | 10038° hot | 10038° hot |
| Real | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8530° very warm | 8630° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 74% | sweaty 73% | nice 69% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 90% | sweaty 93% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 91% | sweaty 94% | sweaty 97% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 83% |
| Rain | dry 3mm | dry 2mm | dry 4mm | dry 22mm | rainy 145mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 112mm | rainy 156mm | rainy 191mm | rainy 76mm | dry 27mm |
| Cloud | clear 8% | pockets 22% | pockets 29% | pockets 35% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 63% | pockets 49% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 51% | pockets 19% |
| Sun | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI |
| Remote workers | 333 people | 280 people | 300 people | 267 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 600 people | 200 people | 280 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 29° 84° 27° 80°AQI 57✈️5h$3,433 / mo42MbpsI'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 28° 82° 26° 80°AQI 18✈️12h$4,125 / mo🌇 Also went here15 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 28° 82° 26° 80°AQI 42✈️12h$3,126 / mo🌇 Also went here17 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 33° 91° 30° 87°🥵AQI 28✈️13h$2,159 / mo🌇 Also went here15 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
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