| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.94/5 (Rank #977)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍3 liked it 👎2 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Very expensive: $4,807 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 91 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 33°C91°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 87%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 37 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 80 US AQI
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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* |
Great
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| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$6,325 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 2 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
91 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Macau is fast averaging 728 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~91 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (87%) = feels 33°C 91°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 37 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 81 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 MOP in USD | USD 1.24 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MOP 1,000 = USD 124 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Coworking |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Communal Table |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Hotel presidente MACAU |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 570,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $75,902 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ambiente Macau Ltd |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | AirAsia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Viva Macau |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Kiang Wu Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,807 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,868 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,136 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,182 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,196 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $10,711 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,114 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $1,361,164 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $103 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $351 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $346 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1864° cool |
2170° mild |
2272° mild |
2475° warm |
3697° hot |
3697° hot |
38100° hot |
3799° hot |
3697° hot |
2984° warm |
2373° mild |
2068° mild |
| Real (median) |
1763°
cool |
1967°
mild |
2271°
mild |
2475°
warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2985°
very warm |
2985°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
2373°
mild |
1966°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 70% |
nice 81% |
nice 85% |
nice 86% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 78% |
nice 72% |
nice 74% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 47mm |
dry 21mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 295mm |
rainy 252mm |
rainy 301mm |
rainy 107mm |
dry 39mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 37mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 41% |
pockets 25% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 51% |
| Air quality |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 128 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,100 people | 1,080 people | 1,036 people | 764 people | 1,255 people | 1,364 people | 900 people | 750 people | 1,200 people | 720 people | 1,243 people | 1,150 people |
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