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| ⭐️ Total score | 137 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 12 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 93 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 16°C 60°F + 😊 Comfy (55%) = feels 16°C 61°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 50 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | East San Jose |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Downtown |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Next Space |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | SandBox Suites |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Crema Coffee Roasting |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,630,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 31,239 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 21x21m (441m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 87% 👱♀️ 13% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Stanford Health and Clinics |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,216 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,660 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $9,696 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,770 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,630 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,816 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,509 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $170 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $92 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $372 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $19 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $28,033 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $44 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Pretty 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+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
57
14° cool |
55
13° cool |
55
13° cool |
61
16° cool |
66
19° mild |
70
21° mild |
72
22° mild |
72
22° mild |
72
22° mild |
64
18° cool |
61
16° cool |
52
11° cool |
| Real |
56
14°
cool |
55
13°
cool |
55
13°
cool |
59
15°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
70
21°
mild |
72
22°
mild |
72
22°
mild |
72
22°
mild |
64
18°
cool |
61
16°
cool |
52
11°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 37% |
nice 31% |
nice 31% |
nice 31% |
nice 30% |
too dry 30% |
too dry 29% |
nice 31% |
too dry 28% |
too dry 30% |
nice 35% |
nice 39% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 124mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 47mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 30mm |
dry 17mm |
rainy 120mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 30% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 39% |
| Air quality |
clean 25 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50* US AQI |
okay 50* US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 380 people | 350 people | 367 people | 486 people | 489 people | 720 people | 400 people | 333 people | 620 people | 575 people | 400 people | 578 people |
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