Places · Ecuador
Living in Ibarra
Ecuador · temperate
Ibarra is a compact city of roughly 140,000 people near the mountains in Ecuador. The climate is temperate. It sits well off the usual tourist trail with average safety for the region. A typical month of living costs around $1,100. Healthcare is reasonable, and the internet is generally reliable. People come here for cycling, hiking, quiet days.
È uno dei posti dove vivere fuori rete è davvero praticabile, sia per legge sia per spazio. Chi nasce in Ecuador è cittadino, quale che sia la nazionalità dei genitori.
At a glance
Who tends to love Ibarra
- Making a budget stretch further
- Peace, quiet and few crowds
- Anyone into cycling
- Anyone into hiking
All parameters
➖ Popularity & prices: Steady
Accommodation prices have moved about +10% in the last 5 years.
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Good to know
- • Natural risks worth checking: earthquake, volcano.
⚠️ The honest downsides
- •Yellow fever risk, vaccination is required or recommended.
- •Malaria is present, mostly in rural areas and the wet season.
- •Rabies risk from stray dogs, think twice before petting animals.
- •Tap water isn't reliably drinkable, budget for filtered or bottled.
- •Air quality: PM2.5 averages ~15 µg/m³ (WHO guideline is 5).
Health, air (WHO PM2.5), water & crime figures are rough country-level estimates, verify for your case.
On the map
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