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| ⭐️ Total score | 140 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 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 | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Mexico |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 14 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 25 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 20°C 67°F + 😊 Comfy (79%) = feels 20°C 68°F
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| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 4.97 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 497 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Café Bar 500 noches |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 190,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,444 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 73% 👱♀️ 27% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Linio |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Comparto Depa |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aero Mexico |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,618 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $729 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,638 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $468 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,627 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $898 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $269 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $76 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $29 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $178 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $1,987 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Marvelous nature
✅ Great restaurants, cafes, and bars
✅ Awesome climate
✅ Cheapest great city in Mexico
✅ Lots of coworking spaces
✅ Tonne of live music and events
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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)
❌ Complicated to find good wifi and mobile internet
❌ Too much traffic for a small place
❌ Food and water safety issues
❌ Increasing danger and violence
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Nomads.com members really 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 |
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17° cool |
64
18° cool |
68
20° mild |
70
21° mild |
68
20° mild |
66
19° mild |
66
19° mild |
66
19° mild |
66
19° mild |
66
19° mild |
66
19° mild |
64
18° cool |
| Real |
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| Humidity |
nice 43% |
nice 37% |
nice 39% |
nice 38% |
nice 47% |
nice 50% |
nice 47% |
nice 49% |
nice 49% |
nice 48% |
nice 44% |
nice 40% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 8mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 28mm |
rainy 229mm |
rainy 493mm |
rainy 305mm |
rainy 368mm |
rainy 435mm |
rainy 237mm |
rainy 63mm |
dry 11mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 38% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 25% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
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avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 450 people | 429 people | 533 people | 400 people | 520 people | 250 people | 467 people | 280 people | 400 people | 457 people | 314 people | 543 people |
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