| ⭐️ Total score |
2.07/5 (Rank #1029)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,055 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 25 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 3°C38°F (feels 2°C36°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 74%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 3%
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 25 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Great |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Great |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,354 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 17x17m)
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| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Bad |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | United Kingdom |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 25 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 3°C 38°F + 💦 Damp (74%) = feels 2°C 36°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 25 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GBP 100 = USD 132 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Artisan Roast |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,249 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 17x17m (289m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | British Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | NHS Glasgow |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,055 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,321 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,485 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,282 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,949 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,448 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $953 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $276,243 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $138 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $211 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $174 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $20 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $14,963 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $18 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $6,986 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $24,341 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $91,526 |
✅ Friendly people
✅ Very affordable
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Grey and rainy weather
❌ Less attractive cityscape
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 2°C / 36°F cold | 5°C / 41°F cold | 8°C / 46°F cold | 9°C / 48°F cold | 11°C / 52°F cool | 16°C / 61°F cool | 19°C / 66°F mild | 18°C / 64°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool | 8°C / 46°F cold | 3°C / 37°F cold |
| Real (median) |
3°C / 37°F
very cold |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
11°C / 52°F
cool |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
10°C / 49°F
cold |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 82% |
damp 82% |
damp 80% |
nice 67% |
damp 79% |
damp 76% |
nice 82% |
damp 82% |
damp 87% |
damp 86% |
damp 83% |
damp 83% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 122mm |
rainy 108mm |
rainy 106mm |
dry 24mm |
rainy 85mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 102mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 117mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 49% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 56% |
| Air quality |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
| Remote workers | 373 people | 509 people | 383 people | 618 people | 569 people | 750 people | 708 people | 733 people | 636 people | 860 people | 414 people | 509 people |
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