| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.98/5 (Rank #908)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍2 liked it 👎3 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
2% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,940 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 10 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C83°F (feels 33°C91°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 80%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 14%
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| 👌 Safety |
Okay
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Okay
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$348 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Philippines |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 33°C 91°F
|
| 🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 1.60 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 160 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Real Coffee & Tea Cafe |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Smoke Resto |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Fat Jimmy's Resort |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎5% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 33,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,171 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Cebu Pacific |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Ciriaco S. Tirol Hospital - BORACAY |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,940 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,566 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,002 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $858 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $591 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,683 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $719 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $239,680 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $28 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $88 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $153 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $3,995 / year |
✅ Good for kitesurfing
✅ Fast internet
✅ Beautiful beaches
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ 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
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
❌ Very touristy
❌ Expensive
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2984° warm |
3188° hot |
3086° warm |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3188° hot |
| Real (median) |
2679°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 86% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 148mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 125mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 153mm |
rainy 279mm |
rainy 388mm |
rainy 198mm |
rainy 327mm |
rainy 313mm |
rainy 271mm |
rainy 273mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 89% |
overcast 91% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 67% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 900 people | 1,000 people | 1,200 people | 1,020 people | 900 people | 750 people | 700 people | 600 people | 600 people | 840 people | 1,133 people | 1,320 people |
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