| ⭐️ Total score |
2.31/5 (Rank #519)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,323 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 9 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 20°C68°F (feels 21°C70°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 32%
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| 👌 Safety |
Okay
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Great
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$504 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Peru |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (32%) = feels 21°C 70°F
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| 🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 PEN in USD | USD 2.97 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PEN 1,000 = USD 297 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
| 💻 Best coworking space | GoodGame |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎4% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 780,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $6,049 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Avianca |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Iberia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,323 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $683 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,589 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $454 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $926 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $877 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $245 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $103,716 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $43 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $29 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $197 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $3,289 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $25 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 15°C / 59°F cool | 15°C / 59°F cool | 15°C / 59°F cool | 16°C / 61°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 16°C / 61°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 19°C / 66°F mild | 20°C / 68°F mild | 18°C / 64°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool |
| Real (median) |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 72% |
nice 59% |
nice 70% |
nice 42% |
nice 32% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 19% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 27% |
too dry 26% |
nice 31% |
nice 49% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 82mm |
dry 25mm |
rainy 87mm |
dry 21mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 29mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 24% |
clear 8% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 40% |
cloudy 51% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
| Remote workers | 280 people | 400 people | 440 people | 433 people | 333 people | 467 people | 233 people | 280 people | 289 people | 320 people | 400 people | 360 people |
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