| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.01/5 (Rank #534)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 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: $1,993 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 2 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 33°C91°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 89%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 34 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 73 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Bad
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$108 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | North Korea |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (89%) = feels 33°C 91°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 34 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 73 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz50Hz |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 330,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,300 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Korea DPR |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Koryo |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Koryo |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,993 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,219 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,117 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $891 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,313 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,237 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $780 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $85,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $62 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $360 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.50 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-621° freezing |
0° freezing |
643° cold |
948° cold |
1763° cool |
2272° mild |
2577° warm |
2577° warm |
2170° mild |
1457° cool |
439° cold |
-228° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-621°
freezing |
032°
freezing |
642°
very cold |
948°
cold |
1763°
cool |
2271°
mild |
2577°
warm |
2577°
warm |
2170°
mild |
1457°
cool |
439°
very cold |
-229°
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 65% |
nice 68% |
nice 69% |
nice 62% |
nice 68% |
nice 79% |
nice 84% |
nice 82% |
nice 77% |
damp 73% |
damp 75% |
nice 67% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 11mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 28mm |
rainy 53mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 223mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 52mm |
dry 2mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 39% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 19% |
| Air quality |
bad 126 US AQI |
bad 132 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
okay 93 US AQI |
okay 76 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 71 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
bad 107 US AQI |
bad 122 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
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seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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