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142 reviews
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Cost of Living in Cozumel

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Cozumel is a solid choice for digital nomads looking for a quieter alternative to busier Mexican destinations. The island's reliable internet makes it easy to work remotely, and the peaceful atmosphere contrasts with places like Playa del Carmen. Daily life is relatively affordable, especially if you're flexible in your spending range. It’s also a very clean and safe environment, with the added benefit of having a conveniently located international airport. Exploring the island is easy, particularly if you rent a scooter, and there are interesting adventures to enjoy during downtime.

There are a few downsides to keep in mind. Decent mid-term rentals can be tricky to secure, and when you do find one, the amenities may not always match the price. Also, while some cafés offer good internet, coworking spaces are lacking. This might be a drawback for those who prefer a dedicated work environment. Despite these issues, Cozumel remains a strong option for location-independent workers seeking a calm and connected base.

AI-generated summary of reviews

It can be hard to get a medium-term rental. Rentals are expensive for little amenities in comparison to other places around Mexico. There are some cafes with good internet but, no coworking spaces.

2 years ago

Cozumel for me is a dream digital nomad location. The internet is flawless. The adventures to be had when not online with clients are many and varied. It is clean, serene, and safe. Its international Airport allows access to the whole world, and, you can walk to it! The cost of living can range from $ 1000 per month to _______________whatever your heart desires.

2 years ago

I liked it.
I stayed in middle of city at tamaindo b&b.
I went all over island on scooter .

It’s a lot less crazy than playa del Carmen .

2 years ago

✅ Very safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Very clean

✅ Affordable

✅ Easy airport access

✅ Lots of fun stuff to do

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm all year round

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Very easy to make friends

✅ Easy to do business

✅ Roads are pretty safe

✅ Democratic

✅ Safe for women

✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)

❌ Few coworking spaces

❌ Hard to find medium-term rentals

❌ Expensive rentals for what you get

❌ Freedom of speech is weak

❌ Not very safe

❌ Very sweaty and humid now

❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ Quality of education is low

❌ Hospitals are bad

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Not family friendly

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Feels (median)

25°C / 77°F warm

29°C / 84°F warm

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32°C / 90°F hot

34°C / 93°F hot

35°C / 95°F hot

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34°C / 93°F hot

32°C / 90°F hot

29°C / 84°F warm

30°C / 86°F warm

Real (median)

25°C / 77°F
warm

26°C / 79°F
warm

27°C / 80°F
warm

28°C / 82°F
very warm

29°C / 83°F
very warm

29°C / 84°F
very warm

30°C / 85°F
very warm

29°C / 83°F
very warm

28°C / 82°F
very warm

26°C / 79°F
warm

27°C / 80°F
warm

Humidity

nice
80%

nice
81%

sweaty
79%

sweaty
80%

sweaty
83%

sweaty
82%

sweaty
84%

nice
79%

sweaty
83%

Most common

Rain

rainy
74mm

dry
36mm

dry
34mm

dry
32mm

rainy
100mm

rainy
178mm

rainy
96mm

rainy
117mm

rainy
180mm

rainy
206mm

rainy
112mm

rainy
84mm

Cloud

pockets
27%

pockets
18%

pockets
14%

pockets
19%

pockets
23%

pockets
33%

pockets
23%

pockets
22%

pockets
28%

pockets
25%

pockets
23%

pockets
18%

Sun

avoid sun
6 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
9 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
9 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

Remote workers

356 people

314 people

250 people

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314 people

233 people

244 people

267 people

333 people

343 people

473 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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Playa del Carmen

Mexico

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 33° 91° 29° 85°

🚕38min

$2,516 / mo

11 Mbps

Tulum

Mexico

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 33° 91° 29° 85°

🚕2h

$2,255 / mo

12 Mbps

Cancun

Mexico

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety bad

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🌦 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°

🚕2h

$2,170 / mo

11 Mbps

Isla Mujeres

Mexico

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety bad

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🌦 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°

🚕3h

$2,888 / mo

25 Mbps

Merida

Mexico

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 42° 108° 34° 93° 🥵

✈️22min

$1,607 / mo

11 Mbps

San Pedro

Belize

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety very bad

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☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 80°

✈️25min

$3,971 / mo

8 Mbps

Caye Caulker

Belize

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety very bad

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☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 80°

✈️26min

$3,184 / mo

8 Mbps

Belize City

Belize

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety very bad

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☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 81°

✈️29min

$2,307 / mo

8 Mbps

San Ignacio

Belize

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety very bad

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☀️ Feels 39° 102° 32° 89° 🥵

✈️35min

$1,906 / mo

14 Mbps

Bay Islands

Honduras

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety very bad

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☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 80°

✈️37min

$3,079 / mo

7 Mbps

Havana

Cuba

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 31° 88° 27° 80° 🥵

✈️44min

$1,831 / mo

4 Mbps

San Pedro Sula

Honduras

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety very bad

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🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83°

✈️45min

$1,629 / mo

6 Mbps

Playa del Carmen

Mexico

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 33° 91° 29° 85°

🚕38min

$2,516 / mo

🌇 Also went here64 people

Cancun

Mexico

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety bad

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🌦 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°

🚕2h

$2,170 / mo

🌇 Also went here54 people

Mexico City

Mexico

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety bad

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🌦 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76° AQI 117 😷

✈️2h

$1,894 / mo

🌇 Also went here67 people

Medellín

Colombia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety very bad

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🌦 Feels 14° 57° 14° 56° AQI 70 😷

✈️3h

$1,416 / mo

🌇 Also went here52 people

New York City, NY

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°

✈️3h

$7,708 / mo

🌇 Also went here55 people

Buenos Aires

Argentina

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°

✈️9h

$1,623 / mo

🌇 Also went here48 people

Lisbon

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 74° AQI 33

✈️10h

$3,954 / mo

🌇 Also went here52 people

Madrid

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 20° 68° 19° 66° AQI 29

✈️11h

$4,503 / mo

🌇 Also went here50 people

London

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 65° AQI 85 😷

✈️11h

$5,977 / mo

🌇 Also went here70 people

Paris

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67° AQI 28

✈️11h

$5,381 / mo

🌇 Also went here59 people

Amsterdam

Netherlands

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 60° AQI 52 😷

✈️11h

$6,313 / mo

🌇 Also went here58 people

Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63° AQI 55 😷

✈️11h

$5,201 / mo

🌇 Also went here65 people

Athens

Greece

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65° AQI 61 😷

✈️14h

$3,271 / mo

🌇 Also went here50 people

Tokyo

Japan

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety great

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☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 50

✈️16h

$3,420 / mo

🌇 Also went here52 people

Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

🌦 Feels 44° 111° 35° 95° 🥵 AQI 52 😷

✈️21h

$1,512 / mo

🌇 Also went here67 people

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Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

⭐️ Total score	2.21/5 (Rank #687) 142 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍3 liked it 👎2 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $2,077 / mo
📡 Internet	😡 Slow: 13Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Good
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 31°C88°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	🥵 Sweaty: 73%
👌 Safety	Okay
🤮 Food safety*	Great
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Bad
🤝 Lack of racism*	Okay
🎓 Education level*	Mediocre
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Great
💰 Income level*	Very low: $704 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Bad
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Good
🧳 Lost luggage*	Bad
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Good
📶 Free WiFi in city	Okay
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Good
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Okay
👩 Female friendly	Okay
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly	Great
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Latin America
🚩 Country	Mexico
🗓️ Average trip length	6 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	13 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (73%) = feels 31°C 88°F
🔌 Power	115V 60Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Uber
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 100 MXN in USD	USD 5.12
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	MXN 10,000 = USD 512
💸 Tipping	No
💳 Cashless	💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners)
☕️ Best coffee place	COZ Coffee Roasting Company Cozumel
☕️ Best alt. coffee place	Viva Mexico
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place	Spark
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	👎5% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	86,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$8,444 / year
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 77% 👱‍♀️ 23%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Linio
🏠 Apartment listings	Airbnb
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Aero Mexico
🏥 Best hospital	Cozumel International

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$2,077 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$1,323 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,557 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$730 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,494 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$2,200 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$538 / month
🏠 Median home price	$357,892
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$70 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$72 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$134 / month
🍛 Dinner	$5
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$1
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$1
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$3
👩‍🏫 International school	$2,459 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$11 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$7 / trip