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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 203 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding 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 | |
| 🌊 Resilience 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 | Costa Rica |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 12 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 35 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 31°C 89°F + 🥵 Sweaty (85%) = feels 44°C 111°F
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| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 CRC in USD | USD 2.23 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CRC 100,000 = USD 223 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Tico Tamarindo |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Pangas Beach Club |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 6,400 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $11,825 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | VRBO |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Nature Air |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Nature Air |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hospital La Católica |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,418 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,936 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $7,547 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,156 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,692 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,724 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,934 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $779 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $173 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $220 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $287 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $12 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $9,072 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $9 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ 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
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ 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) |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3391° hot |
3493° hot |
3188° hot |
3391° hot |
3188° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3188° hot |
| Real (median) |
2883°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
3085°
very warm |
2985°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2781°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
very warm |
2781°
very warm |
2781°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 71% |
nice 66% |
nice 62% |
nice 67% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 77% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 43mm |
rainy 232mm |
rainy 306mm |
rainy 209mm |
rainy 283mm |
rainy 358mm |
rainy 352mm |
rainy 115mm |
dry 16mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 31% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 27% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 26% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,800 people | 1,527 people | 1,286 people | 1,050 people | 1,467 people | 975 people | 1,200 people | 933 people | 1,020 people | 1,650 people | 1,267 people | 1,300 people |
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