| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.26/5 (Rank #297)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍3 liked it 👎9 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,497 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 8 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 35°C95°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 85%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Low: 25%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 34 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 54 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Okay
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$246 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
| 😤 People density |
🤨 Busy: 14k ppl/km² (1 per 9x9m)
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Philippines |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (85%) = feels 35°C 95°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 34 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 54 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Makati City |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Kalookan City |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 PHP in USD | USD 1.63 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PHP 10,000 = USD 163 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Co.lab |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | ASpace |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍16% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,320,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 25,298 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,800,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,951 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 9x9m (81m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ayosdito |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Philippine |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,497 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $990 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,185 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $624 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $819 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,396 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $419 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $122,021 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $38 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $46 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $116 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $11,389 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $13 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Friendly people
✅ Very affordable
✅ Safe in Makati/BGC areas
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
❌ Terrible traffic
❌ Unhealthy food options
❌ Poor public transport
❌ Low quality infrastructure
❌ Bad internet in public areas
❌ Unpleasant social and dating culture
❌ Unsafe outside expat areas
❌ 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
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Not safe for women
❌ 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) |
3595° hot |
3493° hot |
41106° scorching |
40104° hot |
42108° scorching |
41106° scorching |
39102° hot |
39102° hot |
39102° hot |
39102° hot |
38100° hot |
3595° hot |
| Real (median) |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
3289°
hot |
3289°
hot |
3290°
hot |
3188°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 82% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 33mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 21mm |
rainy 68mm |
rainy 178mm |
rainy 323mm |
rainy 323mm |
rainy 329mm |
rainy 170mm |
dry 50mm |
rainy 62mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 34% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 89% |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 69% |
| Air quality |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 3,990 people | 4,447 people | 4,163 people | 3,857 people | 3,257 people | 2,440 people | 2,486 people | 2,133 people | 3,000 people | 3,771 people | 3,713 people | 4,280 people |
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