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| ⭐️ Total score | 427 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 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* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Latvia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 18 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌫 -6°C 21°F + 💦 Damp (93%) = feels -9°C 16°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 97 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 117 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | StartupLatvia |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 640,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,993 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 39% 👱♀️ 61% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Baltic |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Baltic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,857 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,600 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,838 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $811 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,771 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,968 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $496 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $187,031 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $83 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $65 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $184 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $14 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.58 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $14,692 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Good public transport
✅ Tasty and affordable food
✅ Beautiful architecture
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality today
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Cold winters
❌ Touristy and crowded old town
❌ Locals can feel cold or unfriendly
❌ Parts of the city feel empty or rundown
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | -4°C / 25°F freezing | -6°C / 21°F freezing | 1°C / 34°F cold | 4°C / 39°F cold | 12°C / 54°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 27°C / 81°F warm | 19°C / 66°F mild | 12°C / 54°F cool | 11°C / 52°F cool | 3°C / 37°F cold | -4°C / 25°F freezing |
| Real (median) |
-1°C / 30°F
freezing |
-3°C / 27°F
freezing |
4°C / 39°F
very cold |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
26°C / 78°F
warm |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
12°C / 53°F
cool |
6°C / 42°F
very cold |
-1°C / 31°F
freezing |
| Humidity |
damp 80% |
damp 77% |
damp 77% |
nice 68% |
damp 75% |
nice 71% |
nice 71% |
nice 81% |
damp 74% |
damp 73% |
damp 82% |
damp 78% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 62mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 49mm |
dry 43mm |
rainy 58mm |
dry 40mm |
dry 39mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 68mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 60mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 35% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 50% |
| Remote workers | 533 people | 545 people | 600 people | 511 people | 800 people | 988 people | 1,271 people | 1,044 people | 853 people | 450 people | 400 people | 600 people |
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