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| ⭐️ Total score | 192 reviews |
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| 👌 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 | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Costa Rica |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 12 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 30°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (73%) = feels 36°C 97°F
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| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 CRC in USD | USD 1.97 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CRC 100,000 = USD 197 |
| 💸 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 | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 6,900 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $11,825 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 75% 👱♀️ 25% |
| 🏞 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 | $4,602 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,709 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,925 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,693 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,035 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,111 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,400 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $691 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $189 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $102 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $258 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $15 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $8,472 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $8 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 31°C / 88°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot |
| Real (median) |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 74% |
nice 69% |
nice 66% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 76% |
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| Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 42mm |
rainy 232mm |
rainy 305mm |
rainy 208mm |
rainy 283mm |
rainy 358mm |
rainy 352mm |
rainy 114mm |
dry 16mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 16% |
pockets 11% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 13% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
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avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
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| Remote workers | 600 people | 520 people | 429 people | 380 people | 475 people | 343 people | 375 people | 311 people | 340 people | 550 people | 422 people | 436 people |
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