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JBrown · Joined: 27 Nov 2011 Posts: 43 Location: US

I am thinking about accepting a position in Puebla. Could anyone give me an idea of the rent on a one-bedroom apartment? I tried looking through the other posts, but all I could find was outdated.

Thanks

cgage · Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 73 Location: Memphis

I'm also considering Puebla in a year or so from now. Brown, let me know how it goes. It looks like a beautiful city and it never gets hot which is something I dont like about a lot of Mexico.
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BadBeagleBad · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 1:39 am Post subject:

cgage · Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 73 Location: Memphis

I'm sure you know more than I do. I was looking on Wikipedia climate for Puebla. It said the average highest temperature was 73 F. in April. Further reading said nights were a little cold year round. The glacier volcano nearby supports the evidence but again, I've only been to northern Mexico ( desert rattlesnake heaven) so I don't really know.
I'm looking for a place to live where I won't sweat. I don't do sweat.
Thanks for your observation. I'll take it seriously.
cgage

JBrown · Joined: 27 Nov 2011 Posts: 43 Location: US

MotherF · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:50 pm Post subject:

BBB, I see that cgage lists Memphis as his location, I think in his opinion of hot it would be true to say it never gets hot in Puebla!

The thing I don't like about Puebla is in my opinion it gets quite cold there.

I have some friends who live in Puebla, rents are all over the place, so are the quality of the places to rent. I'd budget for about 3000 pesos a month. You can pay a lot less, but then your transportation costs are going to go up.

JBrown · Joined: 27 Nov 2011 Posts: 43 Location: US

notamiss · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:37 pm Post subject:

73 isn�t the average highest temperature, but the highest average temperature. This isn't just a picky difference of wording. What the average highest (monthly) temperature means is that the when the temperature is averaged over all the days of April, over all the years that weather records have been kept, the result is 73. For the average to be 73 means the temperature is sometimes higher and sometimes lower.

cgage · Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 73 Location: Memphis

jaimem-g · Joined: 21 May 2010 Posts: 85 Location: The Desert, CA

When BBB says it's hot in Puebla - I think she means relative to Mexico City. I spent the summer months in Puebla years ago and certainly didn't find it hot compared the coast in Veracruz, where I also spent a summer.

It's cooler than any place else that has been mentioned in this tread. I've also been there in winter and it was pretty cold at night. You certainly won't need air conditioning at night any time of the year.

If I were forced to pick just one place to work long term in Mexico, it would have to be Puebla Smile

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EFLeducator · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:42 pm Post subject: Re: Rent in Puebla

Isla Guapa · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: Rent in Puebla

EFLeducator · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:48 pm Post subject: Re: Rent in Puebla

Isla Guapa · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:57 pm Post subject: Re: Rent in Puebla

MotherF · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:05 pm Post subject:

I know three teachers who live in Puebla.
One works at a German Colegio and gets about 15,000 a month.
One works at the ITESM Puebla campus and gets about 20,000 a month.
The other is a free lancer--who does a lot of work for textbook publishers, her salary varies, but she recently bought an apartment in a historic building so I think she's doing okay.

Of course all three are well qualified, MAs in the appropriate subjects (the first one has K-12 certification) several years experience and all three happen to Speak Spanish fluently as well.