⭐️ Total score |
2.39/5 (Rank #478)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,068 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 4 Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 32°C90°F (feels 43°C109°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 76%
|
👌 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) |
🌤 32°C 90°F + 🥵 Sweaty (76%) = feels 43°C 109°F
|
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 SRD in USD | USD 2.57 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SRD 10,000 = USD 257 |
💸 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 | $1,068 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $397 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $82 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $23 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,566 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,465 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $419 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $24,578 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $73 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $48 / 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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