| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.48/5 (Rank #169)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍5 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,057 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 25 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C87°F (feels 40°C104°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 83%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 85%
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| 👌 Safety |
Good
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Very bad
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Great
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$704 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Mexico |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 25 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 31°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (83%) = feels 40°C 104°F
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| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 5.88 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 588 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | 404 Co-Working |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 6,761,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 129,574 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 640,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,444 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Linio |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | InterJet |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | AeroMexico |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Galenia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,057 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,186 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,640 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,040 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,031 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,674 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $671 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $206,244 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $48 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $120 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $94 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $13 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $5,826 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $16 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $11 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ 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)
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Very expensive
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ People don't speak English well
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2577° warm |
2984° warm |
2882° warm |
3086° warm |
2984° warm |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3595° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
2984° warm |
3188° hot |
| Real (median) |
2577°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
2781°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 79% |
nice 79% |
nice 76% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 83% |
nice 78% |
sweaty 80% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 76mm |
dry 41mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 37mm |
rainy 95mm |
rainy 143mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 167mm |
rainy 181mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 75mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 65% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 35% |
| Sun |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 3,700 people | 3,635 people | 3,388 people | 2,625 people | 3,675 people | 2,829 people | 2,250 people | 3,000 people | 2,700 people | 4,582 people | 3,938 people | 4,100 people |
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