⭐️ Total score |
1.85/5 (Rank #1285)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎2 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,327 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 10Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 32°C90°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 80%
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$246 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Philippines |
🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Grab |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 1.71 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 171 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Real Coffee & Tea Cafe |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Smoke Resto |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Fat Jimmy's Resort |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👎4% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 33,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,951 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Cebu Pacific |
🏥 Best hospital | Ciriaco S. Tirol Hospital - BORACAY |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,327 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,501 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,254 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $930 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,362 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,203 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $782 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $64 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $72 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $363 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $8,952 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
✅ Great for kitesurfing
✅ Beautiful beaches
✅ Good internet speed
✅ Coworking spaces available
✅ Entertainment for extended stays
✅ Pretty safe
✅ 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
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
❌ Hostile environment towards LGBT
❌ High prices compared to other Asian countries
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
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Feels |
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82
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82
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82
28° warm |
81
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Real |
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82
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82
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82
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81
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Humidity |
nice 44% |
nice 44% |
nice 44% |
nice 42% |
nice 43% |
nice 43% |
nice 44% |
nice 43% |
nice 43% |
nice 44% |
nice 43% |
nice 43% |
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Rain |
rainy 148mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 125mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 153mm |
rainy 279mm |
rainy 387mm |
rainy 198mm |
rainy 326mm |
rainy 313mm |
rainy 271mm |
rainy 273mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 41% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 55% |
Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
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avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
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avoid sun 6 UVI |
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Remote workers | 280 people | 320 people | 400 people | 371 people | 250 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 400 people | 356 people |
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