| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.74/5 (Rank #1224)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Very expensive: $4,955 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 1 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 23°C73°F (feels 23°C73°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 76%
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 💰 Income level* |
Medium:
$1,392 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | Cook Islands |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (76%) = feels 23°C 73°F
|
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 NZD in USD | USD 5.81 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NZD 1,000 = USD 581 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Cafe |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Coco Latte |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 161,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 3,086 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 13,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $16,698 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 70% 👱♀️ 30% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air New Zealand |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Rarotonga Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,955 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,815 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,693 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,341 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,848 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $9,077 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $988 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $389,505 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $87 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $298 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $266 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $12 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $58 / month |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3086° warm |
3188° hot |
3188° hot |
3086° warm |
2577° warm |
2475° warm |
2475° warm |
2373° mild |
2475° warm |
2475° warm |
2577° warm |
2984° warm |
| Real (median) |
2780°
warm |
2781°
very warm |
2781°
very warm |
2780°
warm |
2577°
warm |
2476°
warm |
2475°
warm |
2374°
warm |
2475°
warm |
2475°
warm |
2576°
warm |
2679°
warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 79% |
nice 79% |
nice 76% |
nice 79% |
nice 78% |
nice 80% |
nice 78% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 83% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 149mm |
rainy 134mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 92mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 199mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 75% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 900 people | 0 people | 900 people | 0 people |
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