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| ⭐️ Total score | 127 reviews |
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| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 👌 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 | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Philippines |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 34°C 93°F
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| 🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 1.71 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 171 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Real Coffee & Tea Cafe |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Smoke Resto |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Fat Jimmy's Resort |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎4% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 33,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,951 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Cebu Pacific |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Ciriaco S. Tirol Hospital - BORACAY |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,164 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,533 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,269 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $934 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $812 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,313 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $785 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $257,098 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $38 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $76 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $365 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $8,996 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
✅ Good for kitesurfing
✅ Fast internet
✅ Beautiful beaches
✅ Pretty safe
✅ 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
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
❌ Very touristy
❌ Expensive
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ 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) | 29°C / 84°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot |
| Real (median) |
26°C / 78°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 88% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 86% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 148mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 125mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 153mm |
rainy 279mm |
rainy 387mm |
rainy 198mm |
rainy 326mm |
rainy 313mm |
rainy 271mm |
rainy 273mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 41% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 55% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 320 people | 327 people | 433 people | 356 people | 280 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 400 people | 400 people |
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