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| ⭐️ Total score | 75 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Jamaica |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 14 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 -18°C 0°F + 🌵 Too dry (0%) = feels -25°C -13°F
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| 🔌 Power | 115V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 JMD in USD | USD 6.27 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JMD 10,000 = USD 63 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 110,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,879 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 72% 👱♀️ 28% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | FlipKey |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Caribbean Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,140 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,484 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,147 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $614 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,360 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,289 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $940 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $157 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $108 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $224 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $1,035 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $6 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $11 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Cold now
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Humidity |
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| Rain |
rainy 54mm |
dry 49mm |
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rainy 200mm |
rainy 153mm |
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rainy 59mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 23% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 24% |
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| Sun |
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| Remote workers | 240 people | 229 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 350 people | 300 people | 286 people | 267 people | 333 people | 286 people | 286 people |
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