Places · Chile
Living in La Serena
Chile · desert
La Serena is a mid-sized city of roughly 220,000 people right by the sea in Chile. The climate is desert. It has a lively, popular feel and is considered very safe. A typical month of living costs around $1,350. Healthcare is strong, and the internet is fast enough for full-time remote work. People come here for swimming, surfing, quiet days.
Chi nasce in Chile è cittadino, quale che sia la nazionalità dei genitori.
At a glance
Who tends to love La Serena
- Feeling safe day to day
- Working remotely with reliable internet
- Access to strong healthcare
- Raising a family
- Anyone into swimming
- Anyone into surfing
All parameters
📈 Popularity & prices: Growing
Accommodation prices have moved about +41% in the last 5 years.
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Good to know
- • Can get busy with visitors in peak season.
- • Natural risks worth checking: earthquake.
⚠️ The honest downsides
- •Air quality: PM2.5 averages ~25 µg/m³ (WHO guideline is 5).
- •Natural hazards to check locally: earthquakes.
- •Brutal summer heat is the norm; shade and AC matter.
Health, air (WHO PM2.5), water & crime figures are rough country-level estimates, verify for your case.
On the map
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