Da Lat is known for its consistently mild and pleasant weather, making it a comfortable year-round destination. The cost of living is low, with good value available on food and coffee, even at Western-style spots. The city has a laid-back, peaceful atmosphere that's great for relaxing or taking a break from busier urban life. It's surrounded by natural beauty and has a unique yogurt cafe culture that's a local specialty. However, Da Lat presents key challenges for long-term digital nomads or remote workers. Internet can be slow and unreliable, and there are no co-working spaces available. While there are many cafes, few are quiet or properly set up for productivity. Accommodation choices are mostly geared toward tourists, and the city center can be very noisy. Sidewalks are often difficult to use due to obstacles or poor condition, making the city not very walkable. Roads are uneven, and motorbike travel isn’t particularly safe. Humidity during the rainy season can also be uncomfortable. Overall, Da Lat is best suited for short-term visits or downtime. It's ideal for unwinding, but less so for those needing a focused remote work environment or long-term livability.
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Da Lat is known for its consistently mild and pleasant weather, making it a comfortable year-round destination. The cost of living is low, with good value available on food and coffee, even at Western-style spots. The city has a laid-back, peaceful atmosphere that's great for relaxing or taking a break from busier urban life. It's surrounded by natural beauty and has a unique yogurt cafe culture that's a local specialty.
However, Da Lat presents key challenges for long-term digital nomads or remote workers. Internet can be slow and unreliable, and there are no co-working spaces available. While there are many cafes, few are quiet or properly set up for productivity. Accommodation choices are mostly geared toward tourists, and the city center can be very noisy. Sidewalks are often difficult to use due to obstacles or poor condition, making the city not very walkable. Roads are uneven, and motorbike travel isn’t particularly safe. Humidity during the rainy season can also be uncomfortable.
Overall, Da Lat is best suited for short-term visits or downtime. It's ideal for unwinding, but less so for those needing a focused remote work environment or long-term livability.
AI-generated summary of reviews 6 months ago
Da Lat is a beautiful place to visit, but I wouldn’t recommend it for long-term stays as a digital nomad.
First, there are very few cafes that are truly suitable for work. Most are filled with local tourists, and it’s common to hear crying babies or encounter people smoking inside, since many cafes are semi-open. The internet is not fast and can be unstable, with occasional full disconnections. There are no co-working spaces available.
Housing is another issue. If you don’t have your own transportation, you’ll likely need to stay near the city center. Unfortunately, the center is almost always noisy. It’s difficult to find a place with decent soundproofing. You’ll have to put up with all kinds of noise, including cars and motorbike engines, motorbike horns (they really like to use them here), large trucks that shake the whole building as they pass, barking dogs at night, and the sounds of neighbors moving, opening and closing doors, or taking showers. Long-term rentals are limited; most housing is aimed at short-term tourists.
In terms of cleanliness, expectations here may be lower than what some are used to. It takes time and effort to find a clean and well-maintained place to stay. During the rainy season, humidity becomes a real issue, and dust mites can be a problem.
Riding a motorbike here doesn’t feel very safe. The roads are uneven, with lots of hills and potholes, and walking is barely an option. Sidewalks are either dirty, nonexistent, or blocked by parked motorbikes, and pedestrian safety doesn’t seem to be a priority.
There’s also not much to do in terms of activities, and the food choices are fairly limited. It’s not a place that offers much variety or stimulation.
That said, if none of these things bother you, Da Lat might still be a good option. The weather is genuinely excellent, mild and comfortable all year round. Even in the rainy season, the sun still shows up most days. You’ll see a lot of flowers and natural beauty everywhere. The cost of living is low. Brunch and coffee at a Western-style restaurant can cost under 10 USD, and you can get a well-made hand-drip coffee for about 2 USD.
It’s a peaceful place to unwind or take a break from faster cities, but not the most practical for focused or extended remote work.
6 months ago
Go here, why don't you? A cool place with year-round spring weather. It's Southeast Asia but without fans or air conditioners. The food is not strongly regionalized, just regular Vietnamese cuisine. Delicious and fresh yogurt is their specialty. It's funny that every cafe sells their own unique flavor of yogurt. There aren't many actively developed things to do, but that's part of the charm of the city. It's laid-back and quiet without the hustle and bustle. Food delivery apps work well. Great city to get work done, If you're crazy about partying and playing, Pass directly. Mornings are beautiful.
11 months ago
Da Lat is not a great place. I came here for fresh air (after 1 year in Chiang Mai) but unfortunately that is an illusion. They are burning in the mountains and you can see the smoke going up to the sky. And in the city it is not much better, the air is very much polluted there as well. I tried many restaurants but mostly the food is not very good and the service is depressingly bad. Combine that with the rubbish you see everywhere (especially around the center) and Da Lat makes not a happy place.
6 years ago
Perfect temperatures, fantastic coffee scene, rather relaxed mid-sized town atmosphere. As of late 2018 it's still not crowded with tourists or expats so it's retained authenticity. That said, the small expat community is very friendly and relatively close-knit. Moreover, great waterfalls and a few decent mountain hikes around the city.
On the downside: the night life is about non-existent and the town seems poor for dating if you're into it. However, overall it's great for winding down from big city life and getting some work done.
Best time to stay: from late November to late April, when it's dry.
7 years ago
✅ Warm all year
✅ Very affordable
✅ Peaceful
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
❌ Slow internet
❌ Noisy center
❌ Limited housing options
❌ Not walkable
❌ Limited work-friendly cafes
❌ Very few activities
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
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