| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.03/5 (Rank #853)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,740 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 8 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C87°F (feels 41°C106°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 86%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 22 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Great
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$594 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Ecuador |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 31°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (86%) = feels 41°C 106°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 22 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $7,125 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | LAN Ecuador |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | LAN Ecuador |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,740 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,182 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,484 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $710 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,205 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,858 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $469 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $110,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $56 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $61 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $52 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.90 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $6,050 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3188° hot |
3595° hot |
3595° hot |
3697° hot |
3086° warm |
2984° warm |
2882° warm |
2882° warm |
2882° warm |
2984° warm |
2984° warm |
2984° warm |
| Real (median) |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2985°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 72% |
nice 68% |
nice 66% |
nice 66% |
nice 66% |
nice 66% |
nice 68% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 263mm |
rainy 217mm |
rainy 446mm |
rainy 198mm |
dry 21mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 11mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 85% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,050 people | 1,650 people | 1,100 people | 1,000 people | 1,029 people | 800 people | 1,000 people | 857 people | 900 people | 1,200 people | 943 people | 771 people |
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