⭐️ Total score |
1.85/5 (Rank #1286)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🙂 Okay: $2,934 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 9Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 34°C94°F (feels 34°C93°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 32%
|
👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Great
|
💰 Income level* |
Mediocre:
$1,651 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Okay |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Saudi Arabia |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 34°C 94°F + 😊 Comfy (32%) = feels 34°C 93°F
|
🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 SAR in USD | USD 2.67 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SAR 1,000 = USD 267 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
📸 Visitors per year | 8,745,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 167,598 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $19,817 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 95% 👱♀️ 5% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Qatar |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,934 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,957 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,214 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $633 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,178 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,909 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,403 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $159,996 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $55 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $161 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $246 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $7 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $3,778 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $11 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Extremely hot in the summer
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 25°C / 77°F warm | 27°C / 81°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 34°C / 93°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 40°C / 104°F hot | 40°C / 104°F hot | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 36°C / 97°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 28°C / 82°F warm |
Real (median) |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
36°C / 96°F
hot |
37°C / 99°F
hot |
37°C / 98°F
hot |
36°C / 97°F
hot |
35°C / 95°F
hot |
34°C / 92°F
hot |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
Humidity |
nice 61% |
nice 54% |
nice 43% |
nice 39% |
nice 34% |
nice 35% |
nice 36% |
nice 39% |
nice 48% |
nice 46% |
nice 53% |
nice 55% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 15mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 2mm |
Cloud |
clear 9% |
pockets 12% |
clear 2% |
pockets 13% |
clear 9% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 21% |
clear 3% |
clear 3% |
pockets 19% |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 400 people | 200 people | 267 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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