⭐️ Total score |
2.19/5 (Rank #882)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,300 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 12Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 35°C95°F (feels 45°C113°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 59%
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👌 Safety |
Okay
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🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Bad
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$179 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Nicaragua |
🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 35°C 95°F + 😊 Comfy (59%) = feels 45°C 113°F
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🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 NIO in USD | USD 2.72 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NIO 10,000 = USD 272 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
☕️ Best coffee place | Libelula |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Co.Work NIca |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 210,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,151 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 61% 👱♀️ 39% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
🏥 Best hospital | Clinica Mercedes - AMOCSA |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,300 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $861 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,613 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $461 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,009 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,018 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $407 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $47 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $33 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | 0 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | 0 |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | 0 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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Feels |
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86
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86
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86
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86
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86
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88
31° hot |
84
29° warm |
84
29° warm |
84
29° warm |
86
30° warm |
86
30° warm |
Real |
86
30°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
88
31°
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84
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very warm |
84
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very warm |
84
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very warm |
86
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very warm |
87
31°
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Humidity |
nice 33% |
nice 31% |
too dry 29% |
nice 31% |
nice 32% |
nice 42% |
nice 37% |
nice 43% |
nice 44% |
nice 43% |
nice 37% |
nice 34% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 4mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 42mm |
rainy 98mm |
rainy 305mm |
rainy 155mm |
rainy 237mm |
rainy 345mm |
rainy 269mm |
rainy 114mm |
dry 9mm |
Cloud |
pockets 20% |
pockets 12% |
pockets 12% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 16% |
Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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Only shop in Liberia. Playa Hermosa/Ocatal is simply lovely. As a female traveler, havent had any issues/concerns. My Spanish is basic and no issues there either.
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Frequent power outages especially with the growing town on poor unsupportive electricity infrastructure and also the closer you are to rainy season.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety bad Tap to open ☀️ Feels 36° 97° 30° 86° 🥵 ✈️29min $4,106 / mo 38 Mbps ×According to the World Happiness Report, San José in Costa Rica is the 11th "happiest city" (in terms of how positively the inhabitants currently evaluate their lives on average) among 186 cities across the globe. In this ranking, the top cities have often a much higher cost of living.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety very bad Tap to open 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81° 🥵 AQI 76 😷 ✈️32min $3,164 / mo 37 Mbps ×Roatan is a beautiful island and has become a worthwhile spot for digital nomads. I've been impressed with the high band internet speeds and over all reliability of all services! If you want to scuba dive, this is one of the best places on the planet to do that as well
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety very bad Tap to open 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83° ✈️35min $3,100 / mo 11 Mbps ×I lived Guatemala City and Antigua for 1,5 years, Guatemala city can be ok, if you live in the right neighborhood. But in general its not walkable. It's a city designed for cars, like in the US. It's very dangerous in certain neighborhoods, but it's not a problem if you stay out of them. The city is great for business, also really stylish apartments, there's a parallel high society living in a bubble there and if you're part of it, live is way superior to what you would know from home. Sadly poo
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety very bad Tap to open ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 81° AQI 87 😷 ✈️37min $1,475 / mo 11 Mbps ×Safety score is honestly too high! I passed through Managua a few times during my time in Nicaragua, and it remains the sketchiest, dirtiest city I've personally seen in Latin America. It's also ungodly hot and smelly. Would not recommend staying here for any reason whatsoever.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety bad Tap to open 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82° 🥵 ✈️49min $3,076 / mo 15 Mbps ×According to the World Happiness Report, San José in Costa Rica is the 11th "happiest city" (in terms of how positively the inhabitants currently evaluate their lives on average) among 186 cities across the globe. In this ranking, the top cities have often a much higher cost of living.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety very bad Tap to open 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81° 🥵 AQI 76 😷 ✈️32min $3,164 / mo 37 Mbps ×It used to be a nice city for nomads, but its out-priced now and don't recommend it. I am a single female- remote worker from USA with residence permit of 2 years and have to say its not what it used to be. Stormy tropical weather as we speak so unpredictable these days. Landlords charging ridiculous prices and amenities just don't match quality that should be given. Looking into Spain as we speak..
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62° AQI 35 ✈️11h $2,928 / mo 96 Mbps ×Don't let yourself be discouraged by the reviews here! Most of them are untrue and very negative and actually they made me skip Santiago in 2022. I came to spend a month in February 2024 and it was amazing! Everyday I got impressed by how nice this city feels. I've been in every latam country apart from Venezuela. Santiago is for sure one of the best. The city is very developed, clean and organized at the same time has a lot of shops, nice architecture, museums, bars and places with a soul. It's
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66° AQI 75 😷 ✈️7h $1,985 / mo 76 Mbps ×Lived in Antigua for over a year and I absolutely loved it! It´s called the city of eternal spring because the weather is like a perfect spring day all year round. There are two seasons, rainy and non-rainy but in rainy season (May-Oct) it only rains for 3-4 hours in the afternoon then stops. It makes everything lush and green which is another reason they call it the city of perpetual roses and eternal spring. It´s a small city so very easily to walk and see everything. If you escape the cente
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety bad Tap to open 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83° 🥵 ✈️44min $3,216 / mo 11 Mbps ×According to the World Happiness Report, San José in Costa Rica is the 11th "happiest city" (in terms of how positively the inhabitants currently evaluate their lives on average) among 186 cities across the globe. In this ranking, the top cities have often a much higher cost of living.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety very bad Tap to open 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81° 🥵 AQI 76 😷 ✈️32min $3,164 / mo 🌇 Also went here11 people ×Lived in Antigua for over a year and I absolutely loved it! It´s called the city of eternal spring because the weather is like a perfect spring day all year round. There are two seasons, rainy and non-rainy but in rainy season (May-Oct) it only rains for 3-4 hours in the afternoon then stops. It makes everything lush and green which is another reason they call it the city of perpetual roses and eternal spring. It´s a small city so very easily to walk and see everything. If you escape the cente
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety very bad Tap to open ☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 80° ✈️38min $1,717 / mo 🌇 Also went here20 people ×Panama City very interesting and slept on. Probably the most developed major city in Latin America with the strongest technology infrastructure which makes it very appealing for digital nomads. Also a lot of international business coming through here so there can definitely be good networking opportunities. It’s also super safe compared to other South American hotspots like Medellin however it is significantly more expensive. I would say prices here are slightly less expensive than southern s
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety bad Tap to open 🌥 Feels 41° 106° 31° 87° 🥵 ✈️1h $2,483 / mo 🌇 Also went here15 people ×Playa has been really good to me. The digital nomad community (at least over my winter stay) has been INCREDIBLE. Join the Facebook groups, find the WhatsApp groups - it’s so easy to meet others. The beach is ok, seaweed isn’t as bad in winter but it’s very visible and does smell. It rarely kills my beach day. The city has so many conveinces and is very walkable - it’s perfect for someone looking to work and enjoy themselves. Internet has been stable and fast. I get it’s not authentic,
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked bad 👮 Safety bad Tap to open ☀️ Feels 37° 99° 30° 86° 🥵 ✈️1h $2,415 / mo 🌇 Also went here11 people ×Got robbed at gun point, also the streets are pretty dirty and there are a lot of beggars. I wouldn't recommend it
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety very bad Tap to open 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69° AQI 102 😷 ✈️2h $1,471 / mo 🌇 Also went here11 people ×Love it! Don't expect them to speak English, that is NOT their native language. If you're going to go, learn some Spanish and respect their culture. No gentrification in Mexico, please.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety bad Tap to open 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78° ✈️2h $2,027 / mo 🌇 Also went here14 people ×I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked very bad 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 62° AQI 46 ✈️5h $5,300 / mo 🌇 Also went here10 people ×I don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked bad 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 47° AQI 27 ✈️12h $5,511 / mo 🌇 Also went here13 people ×I don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open ☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 57° AQI 50 ✈️12h $5,031 / mo 🌇 Also went here13 people ×I recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌧 Feels 5° 41° 8° 46° AQI 33 ✈️12h $6,081 / mo 🌇 Also went here13 people ×Lived in Prague for 8 years. It's a beautiful international European city. Never learned Czech, but was fine. Almost all cafes and restaurants have English menus. Superb food delivery apps (Wolt is the best). All the food you can imagine. Vietnamese food is world-class because of the huge Vietnamese population. If you want hipster bars and cafes, there's plenty of that. If you want old-world-charm there's plenty of that. If you want posh luxury there's some of Europes best restaurants and cockta
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked great 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌧 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46° AQI 62 😷 ✈️13h $3,228 / mo 🌇 Also went here12 people ×Budapest was on my list about cities for living. I stayed for 7 days and was a little disappointed People are not very friendly, lots os places very dirty, people smoke a lot and the costs isn't affordable as people indicated here. Its a beautiful place, walkable, people have a good level of education, lots of things to do, but not as i imagined. Even so its a nice place.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌧 Feels 7° 45° 8° 46° AQI 59 😷 ✈️14h $2,344 / mo 🌇 Also went here11 people ×I’m working remotely and since it’s war in Ukraine I was living in Istanbul for half of year, after moving to Dubai i realised it’s not much more expensive here in Dubai. And besides that no one is cheating me like it was happening non stop in Istanbul
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 69° AQI 76 😷 ✈️15h $1,865 / mo 🌇 Also went here10 people ×The other reviews are right—it's a good city with excellent value for money. The people are nice enough. The infrastructure is good. You *should* like it, but you don't—it's incredibly, incomprehensibly boring. The vibe is aggressively lukewarm. You will find more excitement in a rural Japanese village than here—I'm not joking.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 68 😷 ✈️24h $1,221 / mo 🌇 Also went here10 people ×
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