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| ⭐️ Total score | 26 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 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* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Brazil |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 14 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (76%) = feels 34°C 93°F
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| 🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 BRL in USD | USD 1.84 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BRL 1,000 = USD 184 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Aroma Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 960,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,649 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 43% 👱♀️ 57% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Mercado Livre |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Azul |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Azul |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,453 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $740 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,391 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $397 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,008 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,067 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $259 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $60,664 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $47 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $35 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $238 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot |
| Real (median) |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
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 |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 237mm |
rainy 310mm |
rainy 465mm |
rainy 424mm |
rainy 297mm |
rainy 162mm |
rainy 112mm |
dry 36mm |
dry 18mm |
dry 20mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 85mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 49% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 400 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 240 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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