⭐️ Total score |
2.12/5 (Rank #1002)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍2 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🙂 Okay: $2,602 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 7 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 27°C81°F (feels 31°C88°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 84%
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👌 Safety |
Okay
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👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$179 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Nicaragua |
🗓️ Average trip length | 14 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 27°C 81°F + 🥵 Sweaty (84%) = feels 31°C 88°F
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🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 NIO in USD | USD 2.73 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NIO 10,000 = USD 273 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
☕️ Best coffee place | Republika Nicaragua |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | NomadLife |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 16,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,151 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 63% 👱♀️ 37% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,602 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $936 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,570 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $449 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,634 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,565 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $409 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $5,452 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $217 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $51 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | 0 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | 0 |
👩🏫 International school | $4 / year |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | 0 / trip |
✅ Very affordable
✅ Friendly people
✅ Good surfing nearby
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Frequent power outages
❌ Noisy environment
❌ Mediocre internet
❌ Dirty main beach
❌ Poor road conditions
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ 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
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 31°C / 88°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 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 | 31°C / 88°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot |
Real (median) |
27°C / 81°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 |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
Humidity |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 81% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
dry 21mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 21mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 204mm |
rainy 179mm |
rainy 180mm |
rainy 263mm |
rainy 209mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 14mm |
Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 22% |
Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 640 people | 600 people | 457 people | 500 people | 314 people | 267 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 450 people | 222 people | 250 people |
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