| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.49/5 (Rank #175)
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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 |
😙 Affordable: $1,285 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 15 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 37°C99°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 92%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 14%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 53 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 52 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Bad
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Okay
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$348 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 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 |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Philippines |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 15 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (92%) = feels 37°C 99°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 53 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 53 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 1.59 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 159 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Starbucks |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Dojo8 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Itoy's Coffee Haus |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Island Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Ardent Suites Hotel and Spa |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎2% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 850,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,171 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 76% 👱♀️ 24% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ayosdito |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Cebu Pacific |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Philippine |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Palawan Adventist Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,285 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $782 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,630 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $466 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $785 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,163 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $397 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $71,483 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $37 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $38 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $238 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
❌ Safety concerns in some areas
❌ Limited attractions nearby
❌ Polluted beaches in downtown
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very sweaty and humid 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) |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3391° hot |
3493° hot |
3493° hot |
3595° hot |
3595° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
| Real (median) |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 82% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 113mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 187mm |
rainy 164mm |
rainy 219mm |
rainy 191mm |
rainy 249mm |
rainy 282mm |
rainy 236mm |
rainy 208mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 90% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 79% |
| Air quality |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 85 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
okay 53* US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
okay 59 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,286 people | 686 people | 733 people | 975 people | 800 people | 600 people | 1,200 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 840 people | 1,800 people |
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