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| ⭐️ Total score | 50 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Bolivia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 84°F + 😊 Comfy (52%) = feels 30°C 86°F
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| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 BOB in USD | USD 1.44 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BOB 1,000 = USD 144 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,105 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 87% 👱♀️ 13% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | BOA |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | BOA |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,729 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $702 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,879 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $537 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,266 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $660 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $380 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $8,642 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $106 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $22 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $176 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $5,362 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $17 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 33°C / 91°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 29°C / 84°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 26°C / 79°F warm | 28°C / 82°F warm | 34°C / 93°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot |
| Real (median) |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
26°C / 78°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
32°C / 89°F
hot |
32°C / 89°F
hot |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 81% |
nice 70% |
nice 71% |
nice 48% |
nice 42% |
nice 51% |
nice 57% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 84% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 132mm |
rainy 124mm |
rainy 86mm |
dry 21mm |
dry 49mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 27mm |
dry 35mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 146mm |
rainy 172mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 52% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 320 people | 200 people | 250 people | 280 people | 200 people | 300 people | 400 people | 200 people | 300 people | 267 people | 240 people |
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