| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.17/5 (Rank #398)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍3 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,234 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 12 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 26°C79°F (feels 27°C81°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 60%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 16%
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 60 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Bad
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Very bad
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| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Great
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$704 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 15x15m)
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| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Mexico |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 12 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 26°C 79°F + 😊 Comfy (60%) = feels 27°C 81°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 61 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 5.62 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 562 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | El Cowork |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Coworking Monterrey |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,444 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Linio |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Avisosdeocasion |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Volaris |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aeromexico |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,234 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,437 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,296 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $942 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,327 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,572 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $717 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $129,030 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $62 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $52 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $180 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $8 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $5,524 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $12 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ 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)
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1661° cool |
1763° cool |
2475° warm |
3086° warm |
3799° hot |
3799° hot |
3493° hot |
40104° hot |
3799° hot |
3086° warm |
2373° mild |
2068° mild |
| Real (median) |
1661°
cool |
1661°
cool |
2475°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
3187°
hot |
3188°
hot |
2984°
very warm |
3290°
hot |
3188°
hot |
2882°
very warm |
2373°
mild |
2068°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 48% |
nice 55% |
nice 54% |
nice 63% |
sweaty 72% |
nice 69% |
sweaty 76% |
nice 69% |
nice 69% |
nice 69% |
nice 69% |
nice 52% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 19mm |
dry 14mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 42mm |
dry 44mm |
dry 34mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 74mm |
dry 41mm |
dry 21mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 17% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 21% |
| Air quality |
okay 62 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 73 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 900 people | 840 people | 1,457 people | 1,000 people | 800 people | 1,300 people | 1,500 people | 780 people | 1,500 people | 1,029 people | 2,040 people | 800 people |
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