| ⭐️ Total score | 
								 2.09/5 (Rank #996) 
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| 👍 Quality of life score | 
			 Okay  | 
	
| 👶 Family score | 
			 Okay  | 
	
| 🎒 Community score | 
			 Okay  | 
	
| 💵 Cost | 
								 
																						🧐 Pricey: $3,138 / mo
									 
								 | 
							
						
| 📡 Internet | 
								 
																						🤬 Unusably slow: 1 Mbps (avg) 
								 | 
						
| 😝 Fun | 
			 Good  | 
	
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | 
								 
																						🥵 Hot: 25°C76°F (feels 25°C77°F)
									 
								 | 
						
| 💦 Humidity (now) | 
								 
										😊 Comfy: 74%
									 
								 | 
						
| 👌 Safety | 
								 Good 
								 | 
						
| 👩 Safe for women | 
			 Okay  | 
	
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | 
			 Okay  | 
	
| 🤮 Food safety* | 
								 Good 
								 | 
						
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | 
									 Good 
									 | 
							
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | 
			 Okay  | 
	
| 💰 Income level* | 
									 
											Mediocre: 
											$1,392 / mo
										 
									 | 
							
| 🙊 English speaking* | 
			 Okay  | 
	
| 🚶 Walkability | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | 
			 Okay  | 
	
| ✈️ Airline scores* | 
			 Great  | 
	
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | 
			 Great  | 
	
| 🍸 Nightlife | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 🖥 Places to work from | 
			 Great  | 
	
| ❄️ A/C or heating | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | 
			 Good  | 
	
| 🎅 Startup Score | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania | 
| 🚩 Country | Cook Islands | 
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days | 
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps | 
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 
								🌤 25°C 76°F + 😊 Comfy (74%) = feels 25°C 77°F
								 | 
						
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz | 
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | 
									 
									Safetywing
								 | 
							
| 💸 10 NZD in USD | USD 5.68 | 
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NZD 1,000 = USD 568 | 
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Cafe | 
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Coco Latte | 
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | 
| 📸 Visitors per year | 161,000 visitors | 
| 📸 Tourists now | 3,086 tourists | 
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 5,400 people | 
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $16,698 / year | 
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 
									👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% | 
							
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | 
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb | 
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air New Zealand | 
| 🏥 Best hospital | Rarotonga Hospital | 
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,138 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,749 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,089 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $883 / month | 
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,561 / month | 
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,927 / month | 
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $568 / month | 
| 🏠 Median home price | $382,348 | 
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $120 / night | 
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $96 / night | 
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $219 / month | 
| 🍛 Dinner | $9 | 
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 | 
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 | 
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 | 
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $57 / month | 
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Very expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 30°C / 86°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 29°C / 84°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 
| Real (median) | 
																																
												27°C / 80°F
											
																				 warm  | 
																		
																																
												27°C / 81°F
											
																				 warm  | 
																		
																																
												27°C / 81°F
											
																				 warm  | 
																		
																																
												26°C / 79°F
											
																				 warm  | 
																		
																																
												25°C / 77°F
											
																				 warm  | 
																		
																																
												24°C / 75°F
											
																				 warm  | 
																		
																																
												24°C / 74°F
											
																				 warm  | 
																		
																																
												23°C / 73°F
											
																				 mild  | 
																		
																																
												24°C / 74°F
											
																				 warm  | 
																		
																																
												24°C / 75°F
											
																				 warm  | 
																		
																																
												25°C / 76°F
											
																				 warm  | 
																		
																																
												26°C / 79°F
											
																				 warm  | 
																
| Humidity | 
										
											sweaty 80%  | 
																		
										
											sweaty 81%  | 
																		
										
											sweaty 82%  | 
																		
										
											nice 78%  | 
																		
										
											nice 79%  | 
																		
										
											nice 75%  | 
																		
										
											nice 81%  | 
																		
										
											nice 78%  | 
																		
										
											nice 80%  | 
																		
										
											nice 76%  | 
																		
										
											nice 80%  | 
																		
										
											nice 85%  | 
																
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain | 
										
											rainy 96mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 190mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 190mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 148mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 133mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 72mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 92mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 79mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 89mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 90mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 59mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 198mm  | 
																
| Cloud | 
										
										
											pockets 32%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 38%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 31%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 33%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 37%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 34%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 27%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 36%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 30%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 33%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 32%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 40%  | 
																
| Sun | 
										
											avoid sun 10 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 9 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 8 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 7 UVI  | 
																		
										
											seek shade 5 UVI  | 
																		
										
											seek shade 4 UVI  | 
																		
										
											seek shade 5 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 6 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 7 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 8 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 8 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 7 UVI  | 
																
| Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 0 people | 300 people | 0 people | 
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