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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 3 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % 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 |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 27°C 80°F + 🥵 Sweaty (78%) = feels 30°C 86°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 coworking space | Hub88 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Coffee bean and Tea Leaf |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 590,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,951 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 67% 👱♀️ 33% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Philippine |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,176 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $487 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $926 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $265 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $583 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $689 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $149 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $58,183 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $27 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $23 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $357 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $1,352 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3188° hot |
3290° hot |
3188° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3188° hot |
3290° hot |
3493° hot |
3290° hot |
3391° hot |
3290° hot |
3188° hot |
| Real (median) |
2781°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2983°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2983°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 84% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 156mm |
rainy 154mm |
rainy 152mm |
rainy 181mm |
rainy 262mm |
rainy 182mm |
rainy 202mm |
rainy 142mm |
rainy 199mm |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 117mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 55% |
| Sun |
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| Remote workers | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people |
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