⭐️ Total score |
2.71/5 (Rank #236)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍34 liked it 👎12 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Good |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,715 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 11Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 27°C81°F (feels 28°C82°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 53%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 110 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Low:
$905 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
😤 People density |
🤨 Busy: 10k ppl/km² (1 per 10x10m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Great |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Turkey |
🗓️ Average trip length | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 27°C 81°F + 😊 Comfy (53%) = feels 28°C 82°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 111 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Üsküdar |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Fatih |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 TRY in USD | USD 2.51 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | TRY 10,000 = USD 251 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
💳 Cashless | |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍16% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 8,642,300 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 165,629 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 15,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $10,863 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 10x10m (100m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Hepsiburada |
🏠 Apartment listings | Sahibinden |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | AnadoluJet |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Turkish |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,715 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $961 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,476 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $422 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,710 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,961 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $305 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $80,338 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $80 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $64 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $80 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,274 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $4 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $17,500 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $35,000 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $87,500 |
✅ Very affordable
✅ Great food
✅ Good public transportation
✅ Friendly people
✅ Lots to do
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many Nomads.com members here all year round
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Frequent scams
❌ Poor internet connectivity
❌ Few English speakers
❌ Unfriendly or rude locals
❌ Expensive rent
❌ Overcrowded
❌ Unsafe taxis
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here
❌ Feels crowded
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 5°C / 41°F cold | 6°C / 43°F cold | 6°C / 43°F cold | 15°C / 59°F cool | 20°C / 68°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild | 33°C / 91°F hot | 29°C / 84°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 17°C / 63°F cool | 14°C / 57°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool |
Real (median) |
7°C / 44°F
cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
14°C / 57°F
cool |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
Humidity |
nice 69% |
damp 72% |
nice 70% |
nice 68% |
nice 65% |
nice 72% |
sweaty 71% |
nice 66% |
nice 66% |
damp 73% |
damp 72% |
nice 70% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 71mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 59mm |
dry 33mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 22mm |
dry 35mm |
rainy 67mm |
rainy 101mm |
Cloud |
pockets 45% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 47% |
Air quality |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 75 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
bad 111* US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 2,444 people | 2,247 people | 2,463 people | 3,200 people | 3,300 people | 2,638 people | 2,743 people | 2,829 people | 3,417 people | 4,475 people | 3,763 people | 2,260 people |
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