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| ⭐️ Total score | 11 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
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| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | Cook Islands |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 26°C 78°F + 😊 Comfy (82%) = feels 29°C 84°F
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| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 NZD in USD | USD 5.83 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NZD 1,000 = USD 583 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Cafe |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Coco Latte |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 161,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 3,086 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 5,400 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $16,698 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air New Zealand |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Rarotonga Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,232 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,806 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,170 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $906 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,628 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,050 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $583 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $390,846 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $123 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $100 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $225 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $9 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $58 / month |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Very expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 30°C / 86°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 29°C / 84°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm |
| Real (median) |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
25°C / 76°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 78% |
nice 79% |
nice 75% |
nice 81% |
nice 78% |
nice 80% |
nice 76% |
nice 80% |
nice 85% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 148mm |
rainy 133mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 92mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 89mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 198mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 32% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 40% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 0 people | 300 people | 0 people |
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