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| ⭐️ Total score | 192 reviews |
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| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 👌 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 | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Costa Rica |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 21 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 35 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 27°C 81°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 31°C 88°F
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| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 CRC in USD | USD 2.01 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CRC 100,000 = USD 201 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | SWINDA COWORK OFFICE |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Bali beach deli |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $11,825 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 68% 👱♀️ 32% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | VRBO |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Nature Air |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,514 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,548 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $8,134 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,324 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,494 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,264 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,242 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $1,004 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $117 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $140 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $299 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $14 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ 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
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 32°C / 90°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot |
| Real (median) |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°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 / 80°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 84% |
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| Rain |
dry 17mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 17mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 322mm |
rainy 368mm |
rainy 290mm |
rainy 329mm |
rainy 361mm |
rainy 444mm |
rainy 201mm |
dry 48mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 20% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 19% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
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avoid sun 9 UVI |
| Remote workers | 560 people | 571 people | 829 people | 686 people | 500 people | 480 people | 600 people | 480 people | 450 people | 400 people | 600 people | 400 people |
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