| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.85/5 (Rank #1145)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,031 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 1 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 32°C90°F (feels 30°C86°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 23%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 53 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Bad
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$583 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | Kurdistan |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 32°C 90°F + 🌵 Too dry (23%) = feels 30°C 86°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 53 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Pasha's Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 900,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $7,000 / year |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Kurdigo |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Iraqi Airways |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Iraqi Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Teaching Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,031 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,057 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,124 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $893 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $854 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,060 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $590 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $65,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $40 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $133 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $397 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $10 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.73 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Extremely hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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) |
1050° cold |
1355° cool |
1661° cool |
2475° warm |
3086° warm |
3391° hot |
3697° hot |
3595° hot |
2984° warm |
2577° warm |
1864° cool |
1355° cool |
| Real (median) |
1050°
cold |
1356°
cool |
1660°
cool |
2476°
warm |
3187°
hot |
3595°
hot |
38100°
hot |
3799°
hot |
3188°
hot |
2577°
warm |
1864°
cool |
1355°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 59% |
nice 62% |
nice 57% |
nice 46% |
nice 33% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 17% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 22% |
nice 30% |
nice 52% |
nice 61% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 51mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 8mm |
rainy 108mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 46% |
pockets 29% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 11% |
pockets 10% |
clear 8% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 14% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 59% |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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