Cancun Scores

  • Fits for families: There are not so many places where you can spend a good time with your family and children, but almost all of them provide excellent service.

  • Walkability: The area of Cancun is perfect for walking. There are a lot of quality walking paths, sidewalks. Traffic and road conditions are good organized.

  • Traffic safety: A lot of work has been done to ensure road safety. That’s why the road accident rate can be considered as low.

  • English: It will not be easy to communicate directly with the locals – few people speak English, except for the staff of large hotels and restaurants.

  • Income: Unfortunately, the local population has very low salaries as low as $700 a month.
  • Safety: In general, the situation in Cancun is calm, the average level of safety, but in some areas there are exceptions. Please be vigilant.
  • Friendliness to outsiders: The attitude towards foreigners is often open and friendly, but not overly intrusive.

  • Entertainment: has a lot of entertainment, cafes, clubs, restaurants, places to relax with friends, romantic dates and just to have a good time.

  • Internet: The Internet speed in Cancun is fine.
  • Freedom of speech: There is no formal freedom of speech. Any negative information in the media is prohibited. Foreign radio programs are jammed.

  • Workspaces: There is an great environment for working and lots of great coworking spots in Cancun.

  • Nightlife: Cancun has a small number of pubs and nightclubs, but the existing ones are characterized by a high-quality level of service and reasonable prices.

  • Level of happiness: More people satisfied with their daily activities and lives.

  • Racial tolerance: Cases of racial and ethnic discrimination are extremely rare.

  • Education: Secondary and higher education institutions provide a very mediocre level of knowledge, which indicates the need to reform them and introduce new, more effective programs and trained teachers in Cancun.

  • Female friendly: Despite the fact that women have equal rights with men and the attitude towards them is liberal, in some areas there are still many prohibitions against them. Decisions in the family are usually made by men, the influence of women in the family is very great.

  • LGBTQ friendly: It has been established that the majority of Cancun citizens have an excellent attitude towards the LGBT community.

  • Quality of life: performs above average in subjective well-being, jobs and wages, income and well-being, health, social connections, environmental quality, education and skills, work and leisure balance, housing and personal safety.

  • Startup friendly: Unfortunately, startup score in Cancun is pretty low. Most startups struggle due to different obstacles.

  • Expenses: Prices for everything are very affordable. There are many very decent pizzerias, cafes, restaurants at reasonable prices. Usual monthly spendings are around $1100.
  • Free WiFi: There is a big number of free Wi-Fi points for public use.