| ⭐️ Total score |
2.95/5 (Rank #197)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,114 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 4 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 36°C97°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 88%
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Bad
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$489 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Suriname |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 14 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (88%) = feels 36°C 97°F
|
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 100 SRD in USD | USD 2.59 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SRD 10,000 = USD 259 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Puur |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Ondernemershuis Paramaribo |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 278,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 5,328 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 240,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,871 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Surinam Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Diakonessen Ziekenhuis |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,114 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $387 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $83 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $24 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,722 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,425 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $407 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $24,562 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $81 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $47 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $108 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $0 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $0 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | 0 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $0 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $0 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | 0 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot |
| Real (median) |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 94% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 92% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 120mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 89mm |
rainy 158mm |
rainy 267mm |
rainy 299mm |
rainy 256mm |
rainy 135mm |
rainy 71mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 122mm |
rainy 150mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 49% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 54% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 267 people | 400 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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