🇲🇽Oaxaca for Digital Nomads
Mexico · Food & craft
Photo: ryan doyle / Unsplash
Costs
from €975/mo
Wifi
20Mbps
Mild months
12of 12
Safety
0.4
Overall
4.1
Oaxaca at a glance
Oaxaca de Juárez is a small highland city with an unusually flat year. All 12 months sit in the mild band2 (source: Nomadbase comfort index — months in the mild comfort band, from 2025 data), and altitude is the reason: the summer mean of 21.2 °C1 (source: Copernicus ERA5 — 2025 summer mean) matches the annual mean1 (source: Copernicus ERA5 — 2025 annual mean), against a winter mean of 19.9 °C1 (source: Copernicus ERA5 — 2025 winter mean). You do not plan your year around heat or cold here. That suits someone who wants to settle in for a season and work from a walkable city built around food, markets and craft.
Temperature is not the same thing as climate, and the air is the catch. The station reading for PM2.5 is 29.5 µg/m³3 (source: OpenAQ — station measurement, July 2026), close to six times the WHO guideline of 5, and it is the highest of any destination in this part of the catalogue. A mild afternoon and clean air are not the same purchase. If your lungs are the deciding factor, weigh this before you book months.
The workspace market is thin. Two coworking spaces and 132 cafés are mapped within 15 km4 (source: OpenStreetMap — July 2026, within 15 km), which is a small desk market by any measure. No measured connection speed exists for the city, so treat wifi as something you test in the room rather than something you read about. What the city has instead is training space: 257 gyms and 10 yoga studios4 (source: OpenStreetMap — July 2026, within 15 km), which per head is among the best-served in this catalogue.
The clock decides who this works for. A US Eastern working day overlaps by 7 hours, a European one by 11 (source: Copernicus ERA5 — overlap of a 09:00-17:00 day against each reference zone). American clients cost you nothing in sleep; European clients mean every call sits at the very start of your morning.
Two things need planning around. The tourist permit allows up to 180 days on paper for both EU and US passports12 (source: Government sources — maximum length of the tourist permit; checked 2026-07-27), but since 2022 officers have written 30, 14 or even 7 days into the stamp at their own discretion12 (source: Government sources — stamped lengths set at officer discretion; checked 2026-07-27), so the length of your stay is decided at the border rather than by the rule. There is no nomad visa, and the residencia temporal route qualifies on income or savings pegged to an index that resets each January, roughly US$4,300-4,500 a month in 202612 (source: Government sources — residencia temporal financial threshold, 2026). And the homicide rate of 25.64 per 100k7 (source: UNODC — national rate per 100,000 for Mexico) is a country figure — Oaxaca state is not among the regions driving it, and the number should be read as national context rather than as a description of this city.
What works
- All 12 months in the mild comfort band2 (source: Nomadbase comfort index — months in the mild comfort band, from 2025 data) — one wardrobe all year
- 257 gyms and 10 yoga studios mapped within 15 km4 (source: OpenStreetMap — July 2026, within 15 km) — unusually well served per head
- 7 hours of overlap with a US Eastern working day1 (source: Copernicus ERA5 — overlap of a 09:00-17:00 day, US East reference)
- Airport 8 km from the centre6 (source: OurAirports — distance to the nearest major airport)
Worth knowing
- Measured PM2.5 of 29.5 µg/m³3 (source: OpenAQ — station measurement, July 2026), close to six times the WHO guideline
- Two coworking spaces and 132 cafés mapped4 (source: OpenStreetMap — July 2026, within 15 km), and no measured internet figure at all
- 1 hour of overlap with a European working day1 (source: Copernicus ERA5 — overlap of a 09:00-17:00 day, Europe reference)
- Permit length written by the officer at the border, and no nomad visa route12 (source: Government sources — checked 2026-07-27)
Living in Oaxaca
Neighbourhoods, finding a place and getting around — the practical layer the data tiles below cannot carry. Working, money, people and time off live in their own sections.
Where to stay
The centre is a grid you can cross on foot, so the choice is mostly about noise and slope.
- Centro Histórico — minutes from the Zócalo, Santo Domingo and the pedestrian stretch of Macedonio Alcalá. Also the loudest: bells, brass bands and fireworks that start before dawn during fiestas.
- Jalatlaco — cobbles, low painted houses and small kitchens just east of the centre. Quieter after dark, and increasingly let by the month.
- Xochimilco — uphill to the north by the old aqueduct on Rufino Tamayo. Steep, residential, still walkable into town.
- Colonia Reforma — wider streets, supermarkets and gyms north-east of the centre. Less photogenic, easier to live in, a taxi or a long walk from the Zócalo.
- San Felipe del Agua — green and higher on the northern edge. You will need a taxi for almost everything.
Ask which way the room faces before you take it. A courtyard room and a street room in the same building are two different apartments.
Finding a place
- Use a platform for the first stretch, then look locally once you know the barrios.
- Handwritten SE RENTA signs with a phone number are still the main channel. Walk Jalatlaco, Xochimilco and Reforma, photograph the numbers, then send WhatsApp messages rather than emails.
- City rental groups on Facebook move fast. Reply the same day or the listing is gone.
- Unfurnished long leases usually want a local guarantor or several months up front, which is why most people arriving for a season take a furnished monthly deal instead.
- Do not land during the Guelaguetza weeks in July or over the Day of the Dead. The market is booked out and you will take whatever is left.
- Check before you sign: water pressure and the roof tank, the gas bottle, whether there is an oven, and whether a video call actually holds in the room you plan to work in.
Getting around
The centre is walkable, and the cobbles and high kerbs will tell you which shoes to bring.
- Colectivo taxis run fixed routes and keep picking up passengers along the way. You pay per seat, in cash.
- Street taxis have no meter. Agree the fare before you get in, or use a ride-hailing app and skip the negotiation.
- Urban buses cover the outer colonias. There is no city travel card, so keep coins.
- Long-distance buses leave from the first-class terminal north of the centre; second-class services and village colectivos go from around the Central de Abastos.
- The airport sits 8 km south of the city6 (source: OurAirports — distance to the nearest major airport) with a shared van service into town.
A car earns its keep for the sierra and the coast. In the city it is mostly a parking problem.
Cost of living
#73of 101 destinations
€975–€1,165/mo
a coliving room to a place of your own, plus everyday spending
What a month actually costs, as a range — housing you can verify, everyday spending modelled from national price levels, and every line labelled with which it is.
Money
- Cash runs the city. Markets, comedores and colectivos take nothing else, and small notes will get you further than a card.
- Withdraw inside bank branches rather than from standalone machines on the street, and carry a second card.
- Cards work in centre restaurants, hotels and supermarkets, and stop working roughly where the tourist map ends.
- Oxxo counters handle phone top-ups and bill payments, which is how most people keep a local SIM alive.
- Tap water is not for drinking. Set up a garrafón delivery for the flat in your first week and stop thinking about it.
- Restaurant staff expect a tip. Market cooks and colectivo drivers do not.
- Coliving room
- €501
- Food, groceries and eating outmodelled
- €280 – €396
- Local transportmodelled
- €24 – €34
- Leisuremodelled
- €153 – €216
- Mobile data
- €17
- Coworking deskadd-on, not in the range
- €121/mo8 (source: Published prices — Gubixi / Centrico Coworking / e2 Office Center — median of 3 published monthly coworking plans in Oaxaca de Juarez (2,400 MXN), Published strings, each from the operator's own site: Gubixi "$2,500 MXN / mes" (unlimited access, common area, coffee); Centrico Coworking "$2400 MXN + VAT" for "unlimited 24/7/365 access to coworking space"; e2 Office Center (Barrio de Jalatlaco) "PLANES DE COWORKING DESDE $1,740* PESOS". Median of [1740, 2400, 2500] = 2400. IVA TREATMENT IS MIXED and only Centrico states it (2400 is +IVA; at 16% that is 2784 gross), so this median mixes tax bases. e2's 1,740 is a "desde" figure with an unexplained asterisk and no stated access level, so it may be a limited tier — dropping it and averaging the two confirmed-unlimited plans gives 2,450, i.e. the choice moves the answer by about 2%. Excluded: hourly and day rates (Gubixi $50/h, $250/day, $950/week; Centrico $200+VAT/day; Atzomx publishes ONLY hourly at $59-89/h and so contributed nothing) and private offices. Psicowork quotes every tier as a WhatsApp "Cotizar" link., checked 2026-07-30)
Spot prices: coliving room €501/mo8 (source: Published prices — Co404 Oaxaca (Av Benito Juarez 202, historic centre) — cheapest published monthly private room (570 USD), CURRENCY IS INFERRED, NOT PUBLISHED — the reason this row is confidence low. The operator's own LodgingBusiness JSON-LD reads "Private rooms from $570/month with fast WiFi, community events, and a global nomad community", with address Av Benito Juarez 202, Oaxaca de Juarez and geo 17.0665/-96.7220 matching our coordinate, dateModified 2026-07-24. The page prints a bare "$" and states USD or MXN nowhere; there is no currency selector and the booking and FAQ pages are JS-rendered with no currency string. USD is inferred because the same page prices Medellin "from $362/mo" and San Cristobal "from $396/mo" with the same symbol, and one symbol cannot be COP and MXN at comparable magnitudes; $570 MXN for a private room would also be about EUR 26, which is not a real rate. Note also that the rendered hero shows a DYNAMICALLY computed "From $561/month" (and $562 on an earlier fetch) because it multiplies a nightly rate by stay length and a long-stay discount — 570 is used because it is the only figure explicitly tied to the words "Private rooms". The $362 and $396 figures are other cities and must never be used here., checked 2026-07-30) · Big Mac €5.448 (source: Published prices — The Economist Big Mac Index, national average (109 MXN = 6.27 USD), July 2026 release — data CC BY 4.0)
Work
#71of 103 destinations
20Mbps
median download, measured in the city
Connection, desks and whether a day here meets yours — the three things that decide whether you can do your job from this city.
Working from here
Coworking is a small market here. Plan for a home desk plus a café rotation rather than a membership as your base, and get the desk right — you will use it more than you expect.
Café etiquette matters once you are occupying a table. Order again every couple of hours, leave the one seat with a plug alone at lunchtime, and expect kitchens in the centre to close earlier than you want them to.
Keep a phone hotspot and a charged battery within reach. Power and the line both drop occasionally, and rarely at a convenient moment.
Calls set the shape of the day. American teams get an ordinary schedule out of you; European calls sit at the very start of your morning, and there is no arrangement that changes that.
Internet
Coliving & coworking
- Coworking spaces mapped
- 24 (source: OpenStreetMap — within 15km)
- Cafés mapped
- 1324 (source: OpenStreetMap — within 15km)
Time zones
Workday overlap with Europe
1 of 8 h1 (source: Copernicus ERA5 — Nomadbase overlap of a 09:00-17:00 day against Open-Meteo time zone (America/Mexico_City), standard time; Europe reference UTC+1)
Workday overlap with US East
7 of 8 h1 (source: Copernicus ERA5 — Nomadbase overlap of a 09:00-17:00 day against Open-Meteo time zone (America/Mexico_City), standard time; US East reference UTC-5)
Overlap is the hours a 09:00–17:00 day here meets a 09:00–17:00 day there, at standard time.
Climate & air
#74of 103 destinations
12of 12
mild months — felt temperature between 18 and 27 °C
Month by month, not as one annual average. 18–27 °C is the range where being outside feels good — we count how much of the year sits inside it.
Seasons
The intro’s flat year is the altitude’s gift: no month here needs escaping. The real seasonal split is rain — dry, dusty-gold winters with cold nights, and a green season from roughly May to October when afternoons build to a storm that washes the valley and leaves the evenings clean. Neither half interferes much with a working day.
What the altitude gives in temperature it takes in sun: the light at this elevation burns faster than it feels. Mornings are the outdoor hours; the midday sun is respected here by long tradition and thick walls.
Tap a month for details.
feels-like monthly mean · ticks = rain days1 (source: Copernicus ERA5 — 2025 monthly means (felt temperature, rain-day share, cloud share))
comfortable & clearcomfortable, wetter/greyeroutside the 18–27 °C band
- Dry days a year
- 265 days/year1 (source: Copernicus ERA5 — 2025 full-year count)
- Cloud cover, annual mean
- 56%1 (source: Copernicus ERA5 — 2025 annual average)
Air quality — PM2.5, recent median
29.5 µg/m³ · very poor3 (source: OpenAQ — median of 2 stations, 2026-07-18)
The climate score is built from that band plus rain and cloud cover, month by month — so a hot summer costs a destination points rather than earning them.
Safety & everyday life
#79of 103 destinations
5.5/ 10
women's safety — Georgetown WPS index, country level
Country-level indicators — a practical baseline for the whole country, not the vibe of one neighbourhood. Community reports refine this picture over time.
Staying safe
Oaxaca city is one of Mexico’s calm places, and daily life in the centre runs unhurried at every hour that matters. The disruption that actually recurs is civic: teacher-union blockades and plantones close roads and the airport access on their own calendar — an inconvenience to plan around, not a threat.
Standard care covers the rest: app taxis or hotel-called cabs at night, and the altitude-plus-mezcal combination respected as the compound interest it is. The mountain roads to the coast deserve daylight driving.
- Homicide rate, national
- 26 per 100k7 (source: UNODC — intentional homicide rate for Mexico, 2024)
- Hospitals & clinics
- ≈ 282 / 100k4 (source: OpenStreetMap — within 15km)
- Pharmacies
- ≈ 33 / 100k4 (source: OpenStreetMap — within 15km)
Safety for women
5.5 / 10
Georgetown WPS index — inclusion, justice and security, country level
847 mapped within 15 km
100 mapped within 15 km
Getting by in English
1.6 / 10
very low English proficiency
LGBTQ+ legal position · Mexico10 (source: Nomadbase country research — checked 2026-07-29)
10.0 / 10- Same-sex relationshipsLegal
- Partnership recognitionMarriage
- Employment protectionsYes
- Legal gender changePossible
Marriage equality nationwide since late 2022 and CDMX/Guadalajara/Puerto Vallarta are major queer hubs; gender self-ID exists in most but not all states. Legal position is strong — social acceptance varies by region.
Tap water · Mexico10 (source: Nomadbase country research — checked 2026-07-29)
1.0 / 10Unsafe
Bottled advised
Mostly fine
Drink the tap
Not safe without treatment
UK government advice: "Only drink boiled or bottled water and avoid ice in drinks" — even in Mexico City locals drink from garrafón jugs, not the tap.
Getting there & staying
#20of 103 destinations
180 days
visa-free on an EU passport · set in Your setup
How you get in, how long you may stay, and what it takes to run a business from here.
Visa & entry requirements
No dedicated nomad visa, but there is a long-stay route remote workers use: Residencia temporal (temporary resident visa)12 (source: Government sources — Long-stay route: Residencia temporal (temporary resident visa) (checked 2026-07-27))
The tourist permit allows up to 180 days on paper, but officers now routinely grant 30 days or fewer — do not plan a long stay around it. There is no digital nomad visa; the temporary resident visa is the real long-stay route.12 (source: Government sources — checked against the official source on July 27, 2026)
How long you can stay
⚠️ The "180 days in Mexico" that guides still repeat is no longer a reliable plan. The tourist permit (FMM/FMTM) permits up to 180 days, but since 2022 immigration officers have increasingly written 30, 14 or even 7 days into the stamp at their own discretion. The number you get is decided at the border, not by the rule.
If your stay depends on a specific length, the tourist permit is the wrong instrument.
Temporary residence
Mexico has no dedicated digital nomad visa. Remote workers use the residencia temporal: one year initially, renewable up to four in total.
You qualify on finances, one of the two:
- Monthly income over the last six months, or
- An average bank or investment balance over the last twelve months.
Both are pegged to the UMA index and are re-set every January. For 2026 that works out to roughly US$4,300–4,500 per month or about US$73,000 in average balance — but consulates convert and interpret this differently, so confirm with the specific consulate you will apply to.
You apply at a Mexican consulate abroad, not inside Mexico. Entering as a tourist and converting later is not available on this route.
Visa rules change frequently. This information was last checked on July 27, 2026. It is not legal advice — confirm before booking with the official source.
Flights
The nearest major airport — Xoxocotlán International Airport — is 8 km6 (source: OurAirports — nearest major airport is Xoxocotlán International Airport) out, with 1 airport6 (source: OurAirports — major and regional airports with scheduled service) within 100 km overall.
Company & banking
Setting up a company
6.0 / 10
on-site · 100% foreign ownership · no real minimum capital · ~14 days to register
Opening an account
6.0 / 10
personal account difficult · business account straightforward · branch visit needed · one major EMI
Setting up, in practice
An SAS can be registered online through the tuempresa portal, but a foreigner needs an RFC and an e.firma, and both mean showing up. The SAPI/S de RL routes go through a notary.Banking, in practice
Personal accounts generally require residency; with an RFC and a registered company it becomes routine. Cash remains more important day to day than in Europe.Not legal or tax advice. Company law, fees and bank policy change without notice — confirm with the registry linked on each figure and with a local adviser before you act on any of it.
Going out
#56of 103 destinations
15.7/ 100
bars, pubs and clubs per 100 restaurants & cafés
Evenings, eating and what there is to do once the laptop closes.
Free time
- Eat first. The comedores in the Mercado 20 de Noviembre, the aisles of the Mercado Benito Juárez, and the Central de Abastos when you want to see a whole state's produce under one roof. A cooking class is worth a day.
- The valley markets run on a rotation — Tlacolula on Sunday, Etla on Wednesday, Zaachila on Thursday, Ocotlán on Friday — and colectivos go to all of them.
- Craft villages make half-day trips: weaving in Teotitlán del Valle, black pottery in San Bartolo Coyotepec, alebrijes in San Martín Tilcajete.
- Monte Albán sits on the ridge above the city. Mitla and Hierve el Agua are further out along the valley.
- Mezcal splits in two: the palenques around Santiago Matatlán for how it is made, tasting rooms in the centre for the range.
- The community-run trails and cabins of the Pueblos Mancomunados in the Sierra Norte are the best weekend escape. Give your lungs a few days first, because you are starting high.
- The Pacific coast is a road trip rather than a flight now that the highway crosses the sierra.
Vegetarians manage, but the classic dishes lean on pork lard, so ask. Expect a handful of dedicated vegan kitchens rather than a scene.
CafésBars & pubsClick the map to open it — 37 places mapped in Oaxaca altogether.
- Bars, pubs and clubs
- 884 (source: OpenStreetMap — within 15km)
- Restaurants
- 4294 (source: OpenStreetMap — within 15km)
- Vegan-friendly places
- 114 (source: OpenStreetMap — within 15km)
- Vegetarian-friendly places
- 184 (source: OpenStreetMap — within 15km)
mapped within 15 km
mapped within 15 km — the base the shares below are measured against
2 per 100 restaurants & cafés
3.2 per 100 restaurants & cafés
Being active
#40of 103 destinations
267spots
gyms and yoga studios mapped in town
Gyms, studios and board sports in town, and the nature within reach — counted where counting is honest, shown as a badge where the map is too sparse to rank.
Staying active
The gym density the intro measures is real and unpretentious — neighbourhood weight rooms at neighbourhood prices — and the city’s grid at altitude turns ordinary walking into base training. Runners take the Cerro del Fortín road up to the auditorium for gradient and the valley view.
The Sierra Norte is the weekend upgrade: the Pueblos Mancomunados run village-to-village trails through cloud forest with local guides and cabins — some of Mexico’s best hiking, an hour from your desk.
In town
GymsYogaClick the map to open it — 37 places mapped in Oaxaca altogether.
- Gyms
- 2574 (source: OpenStreetMap — within 15km)
- Yoga studios
- 104 (source: OpenStreetMap — within 15km)
mapped within 15 km — ≈ 86 / 100k
mapped within 15 km — ≈ 3.3 / 100k
Nature within reach
Community
Who is here, who is coming, and who has been. Counts only — never names.
Meeting people
The foreign community here is smaller and more Spanish-speaking than in the bigger hubs. Functional Spanish is the difference between visiting the city and living in it.
Language schools in the centre — the Instituto Cultural Oaxaca and Becari among the long-running ones — run daily classes and evening intercambios. A month of lessons is the fastest way to meet both locals and the people who arrived the same week as you.
Mezcalerías carry much of the social load. The small tasting rooms off the andador are easier to talk in than the bars on it, and weekend hiking groups heading for the Sierra Norte are the other reliable way into a circle.
On legal footing, Mexico gives LGBTQ+ people among the strongest protection in this catalogue10 (source: Nomadbase country research — country legal-position rubric), while no dedicated LGBTQ+ venue is mapped in the city4 (source: OpenStreetMap — July 2026, within 15 km). Expect event nights and mixed bars rather than a district.
Fiestas are the other door in: Guelaguetza in July, the Day of the Dead at the turn of November, Noche de Rábanos before Christmas, and the saint's day of whichever barrio you live in. That last one will do more for your neighbours learning your name than the rest combined.
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How the scores work
Every score runs 0–10 and is comparative — where Oaxaca lands across the catalogue, not a grade in isolation.
Cost
3.3#73 of 101 · 1 of 1 measured
What a month costs, from the cheapest way of living here to the dearest we can price.
A month runs €975–€1,165 and everyday spending is modelled from national price levels. Across the catalogue that ranks 73rd of 101.
Public data 3.3
Work
3.6#71 of 103 · 2 of 2 measured
Connection, desks and whether the working day here meets yours.
Typical downloads run around 20 Mbps and 2 coworking spaces are mapped in town. Across the catalogue that ranks 71st of 103.
Public data 1.7
Public data 5.4
Climate
5.4#74 of 103 · 1 of 1 measured
How the year feels outside, air quality included.
12 of the 12 months sit in the comfortable 18–27 °C range and air pollution is heavy (29.5 µg/m³ PM2.5). Across the catalogue that ranks 74th of 103.
Public data 5.4
Safety
4.1#79 of 103 · 6 of 6 measured
The country-level baseline: violence, healthcare, water, and who the law protects.
The national homicide rate is high (25.64 per 100k), women's safety scores 5.5/10 on the Georgetown index, 847 clinics and hospitals are mapped within reach and tap water is not drinkable. Across the catalogue that ranks 79th of 103.
Public data 0.4
Public data 8.1
Public data 5.5
Public data 1.0
Public data 10.0
Public data 1.6
Getting there
7.5#20 of 103 · 3 of 3 measured
Getting in, staying legally, and flying out again.
An EU passport gets 180 visa-free days, there is a long-stay route remote workers use and the nearest major airport is 8 km from town. Across the catalogue that ranks 20th of 103.
Public data 7.7
Public data 7.9
Public data 6.0
Going out
4.7#56 of 103 · 4 of 4 measured
Evenings, eating and what there is to do when the laptop closes.
For every 100 restaurants and cafés there are 16 bars, pubs or clubs and 2 vegan-friendly places per 100 restaurants and cafés. Across the catalogue that ranks 56th of 103.
Public data 5.1
Public data 3.6
Public data 4.8
Public data 5.8
Being active
5.7#40 of 103 · 2 of 2 measured
Gyms and studios, board sports, and the nature within reach.
257 gyms and 10 yoga studios are mapped in town and 4 nature reserves and 0 hiking routes lie within 30 km. Across the catalogue that ranks 40th of 103.
Public data 9.4
Public data 1.9
Community
Nothing measured here yet
Members on the ground, chapters and events — our own data, not a proxy.
Not measured here yet: community.
Read the sectionSources
Every figure on this page carries the source it came from and the date it was measured. Where no source exists, the field is left empty rather than estimated.
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Copernicus ERA5Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information
ECMWF’s ERA5 reanalysis, retrieved through Open-Meteo. Temperatures, rainfall, cloud cover and wind are daily values for the last complete calendar year.
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Our own reading of ERA5 data, not a measurement: a month-by-month score for how comfortable the felt temperature is, damped for rain and cloud. The formula is published.
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OpenAQCC BY 4.0
Air quality measured at ground stations. Only reaches part of the catalogue — a city needs a station nearby that is still reporting.
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OpenStreetMapODbL
Community-mapped places: coworking, cafés, gyms and diet options within 15km. Counts are a floor rather than a census — coverage depends on local mappers.
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M-LabCC BY-SA 4.0
Internet speed from real speed tests run by people in the city, aggregated over a seven-day window.
- 6
OurAirportsPublic domain
Airport locations and types. Distances are to the nearest major airport with scheduled service.
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UNODCFree with attribution
Intentional homicide rate from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime — a national figure, because no free source measures crime per city. The year next to the number is the year the country last reported.
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Prices read by hand from the operator’s or authority’s own published price list — a transit tariff, a coworking rate card, an eSIM store — on the date shown. Checked quarterly; the linked page is the source.
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World BankCC BY 4.0
Price level of household consumption at market exchange rates (US = 100) — a national figure that anchors the cost score where no city-level source exists yet. It measures what arriving with foreign income feels like, which is why a weak currency lowers it.
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Hand-maintained country tables for the LGBTQ+ legal position and tap-water safety, compiled from advocacy databases (ILGA World, Human Dignity Trust), national authorities and government travel advice, and scored with a published rubric. Country-level by nature — city reality can differ, which is what the practical note is for.
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WikidataCC0
Structural facts taken from the place’s Wikidata entity — resident population, which mirrors a national census figure, and elevation above sea level. The year is the one Wikidata records for that figure; where the entity was the wrong scale for the place we describe, the number has been replaced by a hand-sourced one from the statistics office instead.
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Government sources
Visa and entry rules come from the responsible authority for each country, linked in the visa section and re-checked by hand on the date shown.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to live in Oaxaca per month?
Between €975 and €1,165 a month, housing and everyday spending together. Housing is a coliving room at €501. Everyday spending — food, local transport, leisure — is modelled from national price levels rather than measured in the city, so it is an indication and not a quote. A coworking desk is extra at €121. Every figure carries its source on the destination page.
How fast is the internet in Oaxaca?
Median download speed is about 19.9 Mbps. Source: M-Lab median of 3,646 tests within 50 km, last 7 days.
What visa do I need for Oaxaca?
The tourist permit allows up to 180 days on paper, but officers now routinely grant 30 days or fewer — do not plan a long stay around it. There is no digital nomad visa; the temporary resident visa is the real long-stay route. Last checked 2026-07-27. Always confirm with the official source before booking.
What is the weather like in Oaxaca?
Winters average 19.9 °C and summers 21.2 °C. 12 of 12 months average a comfortable 18–27 °C (felt temperature). Source: Copernicus ERA5, 2025 annual average.
Can I work European or US hours from Oaxaca?
A 09:00–17:00 working day in Oaxaca overlaps 1 hours with Central European time and 7 hours with US Eastern time, at standard time.
Are there coworking spaces in Oaxaca?
2 coworking spaces are mapped in Oaxaca, plus 132 cafés to work from. Source: OpenStreetMap, within 15km. Counts are a floor, not a census — coverage depends on local mappers.
How do you get to Oaxaca?
The nearest major airport is about 8 km away. 1 airport with scheduled service within 100 km. Source: OurAirports — nearest major airport is Xoxocotlán International Airport.
Where Oaxaca ranks
Last reviewed July 30, 2026. Every figure carries its own measurement date; hover a footnote for the source, or see the list above.