| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.29/5 (Rank #314)
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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: $1,910 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 14 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C83°F (feels 32°C90°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 71%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 16%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 22 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Bad
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Bad
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
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| 💰 Income level* |
Poor:
$893 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 8k ppl/km² (1 per 11x11m)
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| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Brazil |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 14 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (71%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 22 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Várzea |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Curado |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 BRL in USD | USD 1.99 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BRL 1,000 = USD 199 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Impact Hub |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Orbe Coworking |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $10,713 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 11x11m (121m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 42% 👱♀️ 58% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Mercado Livre |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Zap |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Azul |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Azul |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,910 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,322 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,483 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $709 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $949 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,200 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $515 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $71,653 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $44 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $72 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $134 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $11,882 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $3,200 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $10,460 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $28,475 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3493° hot |
3493° hot |
3493° hot |
3290° hot |
3188° hot |
3188° hot |
3188° hot |
2984° warm |
3290° hot |
3493° hot |
3697° hot |
3391° hot |
| Real (median) |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 83% |
nice 82% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 75% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 93mm |
rainy 114mm |
rainy 126mm |
rainy 132mm |
rainy 142mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 54mm |
dry 48mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 43mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 42% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,160 people | 1,200 people | 1,020 people | 943 people | 1,036 people | 840 people | 720 people | 1,600 people | 1,029 people | 1,300 people | 1,200 people | 1,892 people |
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