| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.12/5 (Rank #584)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,290 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 8 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 21°C71°F (feels 21°C70°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 26%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy : 180 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Great
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Poor:
$807 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Peru |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 21°C 71°F + 🌵 Too dry (26%) = feels 21°C 70°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 180 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 PEN in USD | USD 2.90 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PEN 1,000 = USD 290 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | Data unavailable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 5% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 970,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $9,684 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Avianca |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Iberia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,290 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $900 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,955 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $559 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $515 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,318 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $354 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $101,636 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $24 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $43 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $116 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $6,679 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1559° cool |
1559° cool |
1559° cool |
1661° cool |
1763° cool |
1661° cool |
1864° cool |
1864° cool |
1966° mild |
2068° mild |
1966° mild |
1763° cool |
| Real (median) |
1559°
cool |
1559°
cool |
1559°
cool |
1661°
cool |
1763°
cool |
1661°
cool |
1763°
cool |
1763°
cool |
1965°
mild |
1966°
mild |
1864°
cool |
1763°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 68% |
nice 64% |
nice 69% |
nice 49% |
nice 36% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 28% |
nice 31% |
nice 32% |
nice 37% |
nice 52% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 82mm |
dry 25mm |
rainy 87mm |
dry 22mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 30mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 26% |
clear 8% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 52% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 13 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
| Remote workers | 800 people | 1,400 people | 1,050 people | 1,457 people | 1,000 people | 1,500 people | 800 people | 750 people | 867 people | 927 people | 1,133 people | 900 people |
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