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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 502 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Resilience 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 | Costa Rica |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (74%) = feels 31°C 88°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 23 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 68 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 CRC in USD | USD 2.21 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CRC 100,000 = USD 221 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Impactico |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍15% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $11,825 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
| 🏞 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 | Hospital San Jose |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,869 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,148 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,565 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,304 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,490 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,595 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $938 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $268,127 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $163 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $85 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $181 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $12 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $17,104 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $7 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Friendly people
✅ Close to beaches
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Very dirty
❌ High crime
❌ Traffic issues
❌ Bad infrastructure
❌ Moderately expensive
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2475° warm |
2475° warm |
2373° mild |
2475° warm |
2373° mild |
2373° mild |
2373° mild |
2373° mild |
2475° warm |
2475° warm |
2475° warm |
2373° mild |
| Real (median) |
2474°
warm |
2475°
warm |
2373°
mild |
2475°
warm |
2373°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2474°
warm |
2474°
warm |
2474°
warm |
2373°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 75% |
nice 72% |
nice 66% |
nice 78% |
nice 86% |
nice 92% |
nice 91% |
nice 91% |
nice 92% |
nice 93% |
nice 86% |
nice 81% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 18mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 34mm |
rainy 341mm |
rainy 397mm |
rainy 275mm |
rainy 359mm |
rainy 430mm |
rainy 450mm |
rainy 233mm |
dry 41mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 48% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 57% |
| Air quality |
clean 25 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 2,425 people | 3,480 people | 2,880 people | 2,280 people | 2,040 people | 1,725 people | 2,040 people | 1,480 people | 1,650 people | 1,900 people | 2,040 people | 2,294 people |
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