3.23/5
71 reviews
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Liberia

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Liberia is a practical and affordable base for travelers, especially those heading to nearby beach towns like Playa Hermosa and Ocotal. Many reviewers, including solo female travelers, report feeling safe and comfortable navigating the area, even with only basic Spanish.

While Liberia itself isn't considered visually appealing—with some describing it as having suburban-style architecture and calling it outright ugly—it makes up for that with conveniences like reliable fast internet, good value accommodations (particularly Airbnbs), and access to U.S. brands.

It's also noted as being one of the larger cities near the Nicaragua border, making it a useful hub if you're transiting or spending time in northern Costa Rica. Overall, Liberia offers safety and affordability, even if it lacks charm.

AI-generated summary of reviews
10 months ago

Probably the largest city close to the border of Nicaragua. It’s an ugly city, but has fast wifi, good value Airbnbs, US brands, and suburban architecture. I personally felt safe in Libería (female, solo traveler).

11 months ago

Only shop in Liberia. Playa Hermosa/Ocatal is simply lovely. As a female traveler, havent had any issues/concerns. My Spanish is basic and no issues there either.

5 years ago

✅ Very safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Very affordable

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm all year round

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Very easy to make friends

✅ Easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Roads are pretty safe

✅ Great freedom of speech

✅ 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)

❌ Ugly city

❌ Not very democratic

❌ Expensive

❌ Not very safe

❌ Pretty slow internet

❌ Not much to do

❌ Very sweaty and humid now

❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here

❌ Hospitals are bad

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Not safe for women

❌ Not family friendly

Jan

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Feels (median)

3086°
warm

3290°
hot

3595°
hot

3493°
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3595°
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3493°
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3188°
hot

Real (median)

2781°
warm

2984°
very warm

3086°
very warm

2984°
very warm

2882°
very warm

2781°
warm

Humidity

sweaty
77%

nice
68%

nice
66%

sweaty
72%

sweaty
79%

sweaty
93%

sweaty
96%

sweaty
95%

sweaty
85%

sweaty
79%

Most common

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☔️ Rain

☀️ Clear

Rain

dry
3mm

dry
2mm

dry
16mm

rainy
171mm

rainy
283mm

rainy
169mm

rainy
215mm

rainy
411mm

rainy
384mm

rainy
105mm

dry
18mm

Cloud

pockets
28%

pockets
18%

pockets
22%

pockets
39%

pockets
41%

pockets
48%

pockets
47%

cloudy
51%

pockets
48%

pockets
42%

pockets
36%

pockets
23%

Sun

avoid sun
9 UVI

avoid sun
11 UVI

avoid sun
12 UVI

avoid sun
9 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

Remote workers

960 people

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840 people

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750 people

900 people

840 people

709 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

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👍 Liked great

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 35° 95° 30° 86° 🥵

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San Juan del Sur

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety bad

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🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 85°

🚕3h

$2,743 / mo

7 Mbps

Santa Teresa

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety bad

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🌦 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°

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San José

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety very bad

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🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°

✈️13min

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Managua

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety bad

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🌥 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86° 🥵

✈️15min

$1,347 / mo

6 Mbps

León

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety bad

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🌥 Feels 41° 106° 34° 93° 🥵

✈️20min

$1,245 / mo

7 Mbps

Puerto Viejo

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety bad

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🌧 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°

✈️25min

$3,544 / mo

8 Mbps

Bocas del Toro

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety bad

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°

✈️30min

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Tegucigalpa

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety very bad

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🌥 Feels 29° 84° 27° 80°

✈️35min

$1,330 / mo

7 Mbps

San Salvador

El Salvador

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°

✈️43min

$2,079 / mo

6 Mbps

Copan

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety very bad

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🌥 Feels 30° 86° 28° 83°

✈️47min

$1,992 / mo

7 Mbps

San Pedro Sula

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety very bad

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🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 89° 🥵

✈️49min

$1,899 / mo

7 Mbps

Boston, MA

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌤 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67° AQI 47

✈️5h

$6,801 / mo

34 Mbps

San Francisco, CA

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety bad

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🌧 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°

✈️6h

$6,078 / mo

83 Mbps

Los Angeles, CA

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 19° 66° 18° 64° AQI 35

✈️6h

$5,105 / mo

76 Mbps

New York City, NY

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°

✈️5h

$7,295 / mo

28 Mbps

Panama City

Panama

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety bad

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🌦 Feels 39° 102° 30° 85° 🥵

✈️54min

$2,526 / mo

10 Mbps

Montreal

Canada

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°

✈️5h

$4,216 / mo

26 Mbps

Vancouver

Canada

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 34

✈️7h

$6,403 / mo

25 Mbps

Mexico City

Mexico

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 142 😷

✈️2h

$2,517 / mo

12 Mbps

Wrocław

Poland

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 95 😷

✈️13h

$2,947 / mo

19 Mbps

Managua

Nicaragua

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety bad

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🌥 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86° 🥵

✈️15min

$1,347 / mo

6 Mbps

Toronto

Canada

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63° AQI 44

✈️5h

$4,380 / mo

26 Mbps

San José

Costa Rica

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety very bad

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🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°

✈️13min

$3,601 / mo

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety bad

Tap to open

🌤 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 55 😷

✈️2h

$1,579 / mo

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Mexico City

Mexico

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 142 😷

✈️2h

$2,517 / mo

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Miami, FL

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety bad

Tap to open

🌩 Feels 30° 86° 26° 78° 🥵

✈️2h

$6,114 / mo

🌇 Also went here23 people

New York City, NY

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°

✈️5h

$7,295 / mo

🌇 Also went here30 people

Los Angeles, CA

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety bad

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 19° 66° 18° 64° AQI 35

✈️6h

$5,105 / mo

🌇 Also went here22 people

San Francisco, CA

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety bad

Tap to open

🌧 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°

✈️6h

$6,078 / mo

🌇 Also went here21 people

Lisbon

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63° AQI 33

✈️11h

$4,019 / mo

🌇 Also went here24 people

London

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58° AQI 38

✈️12h

$5,868 / mo

🌇 Also went here32 people

Paris

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

Tap to open

🌧 Feels 13° 55° 14° 57° AQI 46

✈️12h

$5,503 / mo

🌇 Also went here29 people

Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65° AQI 46

✈️12h

$5,077 / mo

🌇 Also went here27 people

Amsterdam

Netherlands

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 12° 54° 13° 55° AQI 34

✈️12h

$6,216 / mo

🌇 Also went here26 people

Berlin

Germany

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

🌧 Feels 17° 63° 16° 61° AQI 53 😷

✈️13h

$4,391 / mo

🌇 Also went here22 people

Istanbul

Turkey

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59° AQI 70 😷

✈️15h

$1,682 / mo

🌇 Also went here21 people

Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

🌧 Feels 43° 109° 32° 89° 🥵 AQI 43

✈️23h

$1,539 / mo

🌇 Also went here23 people

1,200 remote workers in Liberia now, of which 1+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

🎒 Nomad Score™	3.23/5 (Rank #367) 71 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
🤯 Overcrowding score	2% is nomad here
💵 Cost	🙂 Okay: $2,655 / mo
📡 Internet	😡 Slow: 8 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Too hot: 33°C91°F (feels 43°C109°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	🥵 Sweaty: 72%
👌 Safety	Bad
👩 Safe for women	Bad
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Great
🤮 Food safety*	Great
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Bad
🤝 Lack of racism*	Bad
🎓 Education level*	Mediocre
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Great
💰 Income level*	Low: $985 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Bad
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
😄 Happiness*	Okay
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
📶 Free WiFi in city	Good
🖥 Places to work from	Bad
❄️ A/C or heating	Bad
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Great
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Latin America
🚩 Country	Costa Rica
🗓️ Average trip length	7 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	8 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌧 33°C 91°F + 🥵 Sweaty (72%) = feels 43°C 109°F
🔌 Power	115V 230V 60Hz 50Hz
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 1,000 CRC in USD	USD 2.20
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	CRC 100,000 = USD 220
💸 Tipping	No
💳 Cashless	💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners)
☕️ Best coffee place	Cafe Liberia
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	👎3% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	57,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$11,825 / year
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 75% 👱‍♀️ 25%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Religious
🏠 Apartment listings	Airbnb
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Nature Air
🏥 Best hospital	Hospital San Rafael Arcangel

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$2,655 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$1,673 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,845 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$813 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,659 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$2,846 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$572 / month
🏠 Median home price	$167,128
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$78 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$93 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$165 / month
🍛 Dinner	$9
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$1
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$2
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$3
👩‍🏫 International school	$13,194 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$10 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$5 / trip