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| ⭐️ Total score | 633 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community 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* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 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 | United Kingdom |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 23 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 9°C 48°F + 💦 Damp (80%) = feels 7°C 45°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 17 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GBP 100 = USD 133 |
| 💸 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) |
👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
| 🏞 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 | $5,234 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,797 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,562 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,875 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,812 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,721 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,518 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $452,540 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $132 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $220 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $249 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $17 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $16,499 / 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 |
✅ Very walkable
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good public transportation
✅ Lots to do
✅ Very safe
✅ 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
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 2°C / 36°F cold | 3°C / 37°F cold | 8°C / 46°F cold | 7°C / 45°F cold | 11°C / 52°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 19°C / 66°F mild | 18°C / 64°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 11°C / 52°F cool | 9°C / 48°F cold | 3°C / 37°F cold |
| Real (median) |
4°C / 39°F
very cold |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
11°C / 52°F
cool |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
19°C / 65°F
mild |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 78% |
damp 75% |
damp 74% |
nice 65% |
damp 77% |
damp 76% |
nice 83% |
damp 79% |
damp 81% |
damp 79% |
damp 76% |
damp 77% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 57mm |
dry 18mm |
rainy 61mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 71mm |
rainy 71mm |
rainy 86mm |
dry 42mm |
rainy 81mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 48% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 34% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 53% |
| Air quality |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 14 US AQI |
clean 15 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
| Remote workers | 578 people | 757 people | 862 people | 883 people | 1,200 people | 1,022 people | 1,267 people | 1,518 people | 1,106 people | 1,113 people | 773 people | 813 people |
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