⭐️ Total score |
2.61/5 (Rank #379)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍7 liked it 👎2 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Good |
🎒 Community score |
Good |
💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $6,399 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 25Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 2°C35°F (feels 0°C32°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 83%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 20 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 2 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$6,634 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Great |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
👩 Female friendly |
Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Switzerland |
🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 25 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌨 2°C 35°F + 💦 Damp (83%) = feels 0°C 32°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 20 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 2 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Seefeld |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Wollishofen |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CHF 100 = USD 112 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | CoLab Zurich |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Impact Hub |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 2,240,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 42,930 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 400,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $79,609 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Digitec |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Easyjet |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Swiss |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,399 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,826 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $8,216 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,347 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,426 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,776 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,677 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $207 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $124 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $370 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $25 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $5 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $9 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $6 |
👩🏫 International school | $36,354 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $57 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $20 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $4,328 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $14,553 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $65,337 |
✅ Charming city
✅ Good party culture
✅ Variety of activities
✅ Clean environment
✅ Friendly people
✅ Close to other cities
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members here all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Limited cash usage for some vendors
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp 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 |
34
1° cold |
48
9° cold |
46
8° cold |
54
12° cool |
55
13° cool |
73
23° mild |
70
21° mild |
66
19° mild |
68
20° mild |
54
12° cool |
43
6° cold |
37
3° cold |
Real |
34
1°
very cold |
47
9°
cold |
46
8°
cold |
54
12°
cool |
55
13°
cool |
73
23°
mild |
70
21°
mild |
65
19°
mild |
67
20°
mild |
54
12°
cool |
42
6°
very cold |
37
3°
very cold |
Humidity |
nice 38% |
nice 36% |
nice 33% |
nice 31% |
nice 37% |
nice 39% |
nice 42% |
nice 40% |
nice 39% |
nice 38% |
nice 39% |
nice 40% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
rainy 98mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 172mm |
rainy 143mm |
rainy 151mm |
rainy 134mm |
dry 50mm |
dry 38mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 119mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 36% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 41% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 53% |
Air quality |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 1,213 people | 1,092 people | 1,691 people | 1,267 people | 1,743 people | 1,447 people | 1,489 people | 2,000 people | 1,600 people | 1,227 people | 1,600 people | 1,387 people |
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