| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.97/5 (Rank #991)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,473 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 10 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 36°C97°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 88%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 6 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Bad
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Great
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Medium:
$1,664 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ 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 | 14 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (88%) = feels 36°C 97°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 6 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚑 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 coworking space | Loop |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 10,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $19,970 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 69% 👱♀️ 31% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Encuentra24 |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Nature Air |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Nature Air |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hone Creek Clinic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,473 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,193 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,427 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $979 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,394 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,384 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $661 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $112 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $144 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $218 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $9 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm all year
✅ Friendly people
✅ Very clean
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ 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
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ 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)
❌ Pricey
❌ Limited tech and medical infrastructure
❌ Weak digital nomad community
❌ Very expensive
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2984° warm |
2984° warm |
3086° warm |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3290° hot |
3086° warm |
| Real (median) |
2679°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2781°
very warm |
2781°
very warm |
2781°
very warm |
2781°
very warm |
2781°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 89% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 209mm |
rainy 174mm |
rainy 160mm |
rainy 208mm |
rainy 378mm |
rainy 267mm |
rainy 519mm |
rainy 312mm |
rainy 288mm |
rainy 283mm |
rainy 337mm |
rainy 415mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 64% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,267 people | 1,629 people | 1,036 people | 1,457 people | 1,140 people | 1,300 people | 800 people | 900 people | 1,020 people | 1,371 people | 1,286 people | 1,067 people |
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