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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 24 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | Saudi Arabia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 40°C 103°F + 😊 Comfy (34%) = feels 45°C 113°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 145 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 108 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 SAR in USD | USD 2.66 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SAR 1,000 = USD 266 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 8,745,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 167,598 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $19,817 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Qatar |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,118 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,506 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,638 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $754 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,143 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,960 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $587 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $159,815 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $54 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $97 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $171 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $4,528 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $11 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Extremely hot in the summer
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2781° warm |
2781° warm |
3086° warm |
3391° hot |
3697° hot |
38100° hot |
38100° hot |
39102° hot |
38100° hot |
3595° hot |
3188° hot |
2781° warm |
| Real (median) |
2578°
warm |
2780°
warm |
3086°
very warm |
3391°
hot |
3696°
hot |
3799°
hot |
3798°
hot |
3698°
hot |
3596°
hot |
3492°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
2780°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 55% |
nice 48% |
nice 39% |
nice 35% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 29% |
nice 34% |
nice 37% |
nice 38% |
nice 49% |
nice 52% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 16mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 14mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 2mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 18% |
pockets 24% |
clear 2% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 37% |
clear 6% |
clear 6% |
pockets 20% |
| Air quality |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,200 people | 600 people | 800 people | 900 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 800 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people |
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