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| ⭐️ Total score | 81 reviews |
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| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 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* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Philippines |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (81%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 53 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 1.69 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 169 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Starbucks |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Dojo8 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Itoy's Coffee Haus |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Island Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Ardent Suites Hotel and Spa |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎2% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 850,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,951 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 75% 👱♀️ 25% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ayosdito |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Cebu Pacific |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Philippine |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Palawan Adventist Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,462 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $958 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,199 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $628 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $835 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,159 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $564 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $76,248 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $39 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $38 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $244 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
❌ Safety concerns in some areas
❌ Limited attractions nearby
❌ Polluted beaches in downtown
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ 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
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot |
| Real (median) |
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 |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°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 |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 81% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 112mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 186mm |
rainy 163mm |
rainy 219mm |
rainy 191mm |
rainy 248mm |
rainy 282mm |
rainy 236mm |
rainy 208mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 50% |
| Air quality |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 85 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
okay 53* US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
okay 59 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 467 people | 200 people | 250 people | 325 people | 267 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 533 people |
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