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| ⭐️ Total score | 157 reviews |
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| 📡 Internet | |
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| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 👌 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 | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Costa Rica |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 14 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (78%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 CRC in USD | USD 1.99 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CRC 100,000 = USD 199 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Loop |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 10,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $11,825 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 68% 👱♀️ 32% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Encuentra24 |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Nature Air |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Nature Air |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hone Creek Clinic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,235 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,943 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,566 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,019 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,167 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,777 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $698 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $399 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $101 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $91 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $197 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $12 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm all year
✅ Friendly people
✅ Very clean
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Pricey
❌ Limited tech and medical infrastructure
❌ Weak digital nomad community
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 30°C / 86°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm |
| Real (median) |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 88% |
nice 88% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 87% |
nice 91% |
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| Rain |
rainy 208mm |
rainy 174mm |
rainy 159mm |
rainy 208mm |
rainy 378mm |
rainy 266mm |
rainy 519mm |
rainy 312mm |
rainy 288mm |
rainy 283mm |
rainy 336mm |
rainy 415mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 29% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 28% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
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avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
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avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 422 people | 543 people | 360 people | 486 people | 400 people | 433 people | 267 people | 300 people | 356 people | 429 people | 429 people | 356 people |
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