3.48/5
669 reviews
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Edinburgh

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Edinburgh is a favorite for many digital nomads and long-term travelers thanks to its charm, walkability, and easy infrastructure. The city is easy to navigate, with strong public transport options and reliable internet, which makes it a practical base for remote work. Its scenic streets, cultural richness, and accessible nature trails offer plenty to explore in both work and leisure time.

Neighborhoods like Canonmills and Stockbridge come highly recommended for longer stays due to their quieter vibe while still being within walking distance of main attractions. While the Royal Mile is lively and historic, it may be better suited for short-term tourism rather than extended stays.

Edinburgh does come with a few drawbacks. Compared to other popular digital nomad hubs, it's relatively expensive. There also aren’t as many fellow nomads around, so community and networking opportunities might be limited. The weather leans cool and rainy, though rainstorms tend to be brief and not a major disruption.

Overall, travelers find Edinburgh a lovely place to spend time, full of history, character, and ease of living—ideal for those who want a quieter, culture-rich lifestyle over a bustling nomad scene.

AI-generated summary of reviews
1 year ago

Love Edinburgh. A very historic place that's just generally lovely to enjoy! It's actually not as Scottish as Glasgow. There is a huge English population, as well as many other cultures. A lovely city to spends hours walking around.

4 years ago

LOVED my stay in Edinburgh! This was my very first stop as a nomad and I stayed here for a month with my partner. The city is so beautiful and has so much character. Everything just felt very easy, as previous people have mentioned, it's super walkable, great wifi, good bus system, amazing trails for running/biking, and lots to do. I'd recommend staying a round Cannon Mills or the Stock Bridge area. We stayed there and it was a nice, quite and more residential part of town, but was only a 20-30 min walk to a lot of the cool sites and attractions around the city, if you're doing a longer stay, somewhere a little further away from the business of the Royal Mile would probably be idea.

The only cons would be exactly what others mentioned – a bit more expensive, and not a ton of other nomads, and maybe the cooler, rainier weather (though in our experience, the rain storms were short-lived and much less frequent than we were lead to believe).

Overall, my partner and I were both absolutely in love with this city and are still talking about it now, months later. Definitely will be returning here!

4 years ago

Edinburgh is one of my favorite cities and I've spent quite a bit of time here. It's charming, friendly, beautiful, and walkable, and has a range of cafes and coffeeshops with fast wifi. The downsides: it's pretty expensive (housing especially), and there doesn't seem to be much of a nomad scene. The general tech scene seems to be smallish but growing (CodeBase seems cool), but not many nomads seem to come here.

7 years ago

Edinburgh is one of my favourite places in the world. I've lived here for a few months twice now, but unfortunately the nomad scene isn't great.

If you're looking for a nice spot that's super walkable, has lots of parks/green space, and isn't too expensive, Edinburgh is great! If you're looking for great coworking spaces or to meet lots of other nomads, Edinburgh currently isn't the place to do that.

7 years ago

✅ Very walkable

✅ Fast internet

✅ Good public transportation

✅ Lots to do

✅ Very safe

✅ Warm now

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot

✅ 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

✅ Very safe for women

✅ Very family friendly

✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

❌ Expensive

❌ Fewer digital nomads

❌ Cooler, rainier weather

❌ Extremely expensive

❌ Not much to do

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ Very difficult to make friends

❌ High alcohol consumption

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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1763°
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1864°
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948°
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439°
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948°
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846°
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1152°
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1762°
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1763°
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1254°
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541°
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Humidity

damp
86%

damp
83%

damp
81%

damp
75%

damp
80%

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84%

damp
82%

damp
84%

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85%

damp
86%

Most common

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Rain

rainy
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rainy
76mm

rainy
57mm

dry
18mm

rainy
61mm

dry
29mm

rainy
75mm

rainy
71mm

rainy
86mm

dry
42mm

rainy
81mm

Cloud

cloudy
80%

cloudy
77%

cloudy
76%

cloudy
53%

cloudy
78%

cloudy
82%

cloudy
79%

cloudy
78%

cloudy
82%

cloudy
78%

cloudy
81%

Air quality

clean
22 US AQI

clean
25 US AQI

clean
23 US AQI

clean
21 US AQI

clean
18 US AQI

clean
16 US AQI

clean
14 US AQI

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18 US AQI

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clean
24 US AQI

Remote workers

1,737 people

2,100 people

2,288 people

2,631 people

3,738 people

3,032 people

3,565 people

4,567 people

3,494 people

3,600 people

2,280 people

2,400 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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Glasgow

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69° AQI 48

🚕2h

$7,233 / mo

23 Mbps

Newcastle Upon Tyne

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 32° 90° 30° 87° 🥵 AQI 39

✈️12min

$4,931 / mo

22 Mbps

Aberdeen

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 47

✈️12min

$5,033 / mo

23 Mbps

Belfast

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 107 😷

✈️18min

$5,433 / mo

23 Mbps

York

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 32° 90° 30° 87° 🥵 AQI 42

✈️21min

$5,729 / mo

23 Mbps

Leeds

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 32° 90° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 35

✈️21min

$5,125 / mo

23 Mbps

Huddersfield

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 30° 86° 29° 84° AQI 47

✈️22min

$4,398 / mo

23 Mbps

Manchester

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 33° 91° 32° 89° 🥵 AQI 41

✈️23min

$5,217 / mo

23 Mbps

Liverpool

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 28° 82° 27° 80° AQI 76 😷

✈️23min

$4,600 / mo

23 Mbps

Hull

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 31° 88° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 42

✈️24min

$3,327 / mo

22 Mbps

Sheffield

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 30° 86° 30° 85° AQI 34

✈️24min

$4,095 / mo

22 Mbps

Dublin

Ireland

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 27° 81° 26° 78° AQI 46

✈️28min

$7,437 / mo

42 Mbps

London

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 33° 91° 32° 90° 🥵 AQI 65 😷

✈️43min

$7,928 / mo

22 Mbps

Cheltenham

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 33° 91° 32° 90° 🥵 AQI 34

✈️37min

$5,217 / mo

23 Mbps

Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 34° 93° 29° 85° AQI 28

✈️2h

$5,702 / mo

34 Mbps

Amsterdam

Netherlands

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 28° 82° 28° 83° AQI 30

✈️53min

$7,663 / mo

18 Mbps

Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 42° 108° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 51 😷

✈️13h

$1,579 / mo

24 Mbps

New York City, NY

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 30° 86° 28° 82° AQI 33

✈️7h

$8,631 / mo

27 Mbps

Berlin

Germany

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 26° 79° 26° 78° AQI 25

✈️2h

$5,702 / mo

25 Mbps

Lisbon

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 35° 95° 29° 85° AQI 38

✈️3h

$4,881 / mo

38 Mbps

San Francisco, CA

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety bad

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63° AQI 13

✈️11h

$8,717 / mo

168 Mbps

Paris

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 33° 91° 34° 94° 🥵 AQI 147 😷

✈️1h

$7,047 / mo

26 Mbps

Reykjavik

Iceland

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 13° 55° 14° 57° AQI 7

✈️2h

$5,961 / mo

24 Mbps

Singapore

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety great

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 37° 99° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 72 😷

✈️15h

$5,371 / mo

101 Mbps

Dublin

Ireland

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 27° 81° 26° 78° AQI 46

✈️28min

$7,437 / mo

🌇 Also went here257 people

London

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 33° 91° 32° 90° 🥵 AQI 65 😷

✈️43min

$7,928 / mo

🌇 Also went here492 people

Amsterdam

Netherlands

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 28° 82° 28° 83° AQI 30

✈️53min

$7,663 / mo

🌇 Also went here323 people

Paris

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 33° 91° 34° 94° 🥵 AQI 147 😷

✈️1h

$7,047 / mo

🌇 Also went here380 people

Berlin

Germany

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 26° 79° 26° 78° AQI 25

✈️2h

$5,702 / mo

🌇 Also went here288 people

Prague

Czechia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 26° 79° 25° 78° AQI 46

✈️2h

$3,876 / mo

🌇 Also went here271 people

Vienna

Austria

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 26° 79° 27° 80° AQI 17

✈️2h

$4,031 / mo

🌇 Also went here231 people

Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 34° 93° 29° 85° AQI 28

✈️2h

$5,702 / mo

🌇 Also went here339 people

Madrid

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 36° 97° 36° 97° 🥵 AQI 55 😷

✈️2h

$5,657 / mo

🌇 Also went here232 people

Budapest

Hungary

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 26° 79° 27° 80° AQI 46

✈️2h

$3,119 / mo

🌇 Also went here274 people

Rome

Italy

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 39° 102° 35° 96° 🥵 AQI 3

✈️3h

$5,897 / mo

🌇 Also went here269 people

Lisbon

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

☀️ Feels 35° 95° 29° 85° AQI 38

✈️3h

$4,881 / mo

🌇 Also went here322 people

Istanbul

Turkey

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82° AQI 60 😷

✈️4h

$1,961 / mo

🌇 Also went here239 people

New York City, NY

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 30° 86° 28° 82° AQI 33

✈️7h

$8,631 / mo

🌇 Also went here287 people

Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 42° 108° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 51 😷

✈️13h

$1,579 / mo

🌇 Also went here281 people

1,200 remote workers in Edinburgh now, of which 3+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

Members who will be here soon

Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

🎒 Nomad Score™	3.48/5 (Rank #107) 669 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍11 liked it 👎1 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Good
👶 Family score	Good
🎒 Community score	Okay
🤯 Overcrowding score	0% is nomad here
💵 Cost	😳 Extremely expensive: $7,191 / mo
📡 Internet	😡 Slow: 23 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🌞 Perfect: 24°C75°F (feels 24°C75°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 71%
❄️ % of buildings with AC	🥵 Very low: 3%
💨 Air quality (now)	😐 Moderate: 64 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Great: 17 US AQI
👌 Safety	Good
👩 Safe for women	Great
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Great
🤮 Food safety*	Great
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Good
🤝 Lack of racism*	Great
🎓 Education level*	High
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Good
💰 Income level*	Very high: $3,354 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Great
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Great
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Good
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Good
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Good
🎅 Startup Score	Okay

🌍 Continent	Europe
🚩 Country	United Kingdom
🗓️ Average trip length	6 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	23 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌥 24°C 75°F + 😊 Comfy (71%) = feels 24°C 75°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👍 64 US AQI 🍃 OK
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👍 17 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Uber
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	GBP 100 = USD 135
💸 Tipping	No
💳 Cashless	💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere
💻 Best coworking space	TechCube
🚰 Tap water	👌 Yes, safe to drink
♻️ Return rate	👍11% of visitors return
📸 Visitors per year	1,660,000 visitors
📸 Tourists now	31,814 tourists
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	480,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$40,249 / year
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 47% 👱‍♀️ 53%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 52% 👱‍♀️ 48%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 72% 👱‍♀️ 28%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Amazon
🏠 Apartment listings	GumTree
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	Ryanair
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	British Airways

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$7,191 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$5,734 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$6,652 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$1,901 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$2,851 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$14,352 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$1,539 / month
🏠 Median home price	$458,922
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$134 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$471 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$252 / month
🍛 Dinner	$17
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$1
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$7
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$4
👩‍🏫 International school	$16,728 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$15 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$7 / trip
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000	$6,986
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000	$24,341
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000	$91,526

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