| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.36/5 (Rank #204)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍5 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,008 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 19 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 32°C90°F (feels 31°C88°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 25%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 4 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Okay
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Great
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$642 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Kazakhstan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 15 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 19 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 32°C 90°F + 🌵 Too dry (25%) = feels 31°C 88°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 4 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 KZT in USD | USD 2.15 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KZT 100,000 = USD 215 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Veloyedov |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Nedelka |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $7,705 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 41% 👱♀️ 59% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 88% 👱♀️ 12% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Krisha |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Astana |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Astana |
| 🏥 Best hospital | IMC |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,008 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,485 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,835 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $810 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $922 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,391 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $653 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $128,953 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $43 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $78 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $121 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $6,498 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $5 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Friendly young people
✅ Excellent service
✅ Relaxed pace of life
✅ Close to nature and mountains
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Safe for women
❌ Poor English proficiency
❌ Pollution and fog
❌ Unsafe or corrupt policing
❌ Difficult city layout with poor walkability
❌ Old-fashioned gender norms and behavior
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-327° freezing |
-327° freezing |
439° cold |
1457° cool |
1763° cool |
2272° mild |
1966° mild |
2373° mild |
1966° mild |
745° cold |
134° cold |
-719° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-327°
freezing |
-327°
freezing |
439°
very cold |
1457°
cool |
1763°
cool |
2272°
mild |
1966°
mild |
2373°
mild |
1966°
mild |
744°
cold |
134°
very cold |
-719°
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 66% |
nice 70% |
nice 67% |
nice 58% |
nice 58% |
nice 51% |
nice 46% |
nice 42% |
nice 40% |
nice 56% |
nice 61% |
nice 65% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 28mm |
dry 37mm |
rainy 68mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 121mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 55mm |
dry 20mm |
rainy 62mm |
dry 43mm |
dry 29mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 32% |
cloudy 66% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 75% |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,650 people | 1,800 people | 1,418 people | 2,040 people | 2,667 people | 2,400 people | 2,050 people | 3,000 people | 2,400 people | 2,018 people | 1,473 people | 2,025 people |
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