⭐️ Total score |
2.38/5 (Rank #478)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍3 liked it 👎2 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Good |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,252 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 36Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 14°C58°F (feels 14°C57°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 62%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 33 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 43 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Very bad
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,813 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Sprawling: 3k ppl/km² (1 per 18x18m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Great |
🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Netherlands |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 36 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 14°C 58°F + 😊 Comfy (62%) = feels 14°C 57°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 33 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 44 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Feijenoord |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Charlois |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 114 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.5% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because Albert Heijn still doesn't accept CC) |
💻 Best coworking space | Rotterdam Startup Port |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Het Nieuwe Kantoor |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 1,300,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 24,914 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 620,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $45,753 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 18x18m (324m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Cool Blue |
🏠 Apartment listings | Marktplaats |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Transavia |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,252 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,940 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,104 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,744 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,026 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,628 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,494 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $466,269 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $235 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $119 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $398 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $8,669 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $6 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $18,761 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $42,290 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $120,290 |
✅ Good nightlife
✅ Good restaurants
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Somewhat expensive
❌ Not ideal for digital nomads
❌ Small city
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ High alcohol consumption
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
37
3° cold |
45
7° cold |
43
6° cold |
46
8° cold |
54
12° cool |
70
21° mild |
70
21° mild |
66
19° mild |
64
18° cool |
55
13° cool |
46
8° cold |
39
4° cold |
Real |
41
5°
very cold |
47
9°
cold |
46
8°
cold |
48
9°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
69
21°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
66
19°
mild |
64
18°
cool |
57
14°
cool |
48
9°
cold |
43
6°
very cold |
Humidity |
damp 84% |
damp 81% |
damp 76% |
nice 70% |
damp 77% |
nice 75% |
nice 85% |
nice 80% |
nice 78% |
damp 81% |
damp 85% |
damp 86% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 55mm |
rainy 54mm |
dry 46mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 74mm |
dry 27mm |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 67mm |
rainy 74mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 55% |
Air quality |
clean 47 US AQI |
okay 70 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
Remote workers | 538 people | 567 people | 473 people | 520 people | 691 people | 631 people | 473 people | 655 people | 473 people | 745 people | 667 people | 600 people |
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