⭐️ Total score |
2.82/5 (Rank #114)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,680 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 9 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 31°C88°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 75%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 14%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 47 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$246 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Okay |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Philippines |
🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (75%) = feels 31°C 88°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 48 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 1.76 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 176 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Lil Cats |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 740,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,951 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
🏠 Apartment listings | Ayosdito |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Philippine |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,680 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,032 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,552 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $444 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $932 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,218 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $309 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $79,295 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $44 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $73 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $245 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ 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) | 30°C / 86°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 34°C / 93°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 40°C / 104°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm |
Real (median) |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
Humidity |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 70% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
dry 40mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 33mm |
dry 39mm |
rainy 175mm |
rainy 316mm |
rainy 577mm |
rainy 593mm |
rainy 358mm |
rainy 270mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 67mm |
Cloud |
pockets 37% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 32% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 39% |
Air quality |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 600 people | 0 people | 400 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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