⭐️ Total score |
2.2/5 (Rank #699)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Very expensive: $4,033 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 94Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C88°F (feels 39°C102°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 75%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 54 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 31 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Sprawling: 1k ppl/km² (1 per 29x29m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 94 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 31°C 88°F + 🥵 Sweaty (75%) = feels 39°C 102°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 54 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Downtown |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Northshore |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Start Houston |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Brightwork CoResearch |
☕️ Best coffee place | Paper Co. Coffee |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Boomtown Coffee |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Southside Espresso |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 1,500,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 28,747 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 29x29m (841m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | American Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | US Airways |
🏥 Best hospital | The Menninger Clinic |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,033 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,680 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,881 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,680 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,284 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,814 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,281 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $340,000 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $107 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $92 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $217 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $17 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $22,458 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $37 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $11 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 18°C / 64°F cool | 15°C / 59°F cool | 22°C / 72°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 40°C / 104°F hot | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 36°C / 97°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 21°C / 70°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm |
Real (median) |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
25°C / 76°F
warm |
Humidity |
damp 75% |
damp 80% |
nice 76% |
nice 79% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 78% |
nice 75% |
nice 86% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 92mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 95mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 122mm |
rainy 108mm |
dry 50mm |
rainy 58mm |
Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 43% |
Air quality |
clean 24 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 769 people | 583 people | 800 people | 617 people | 631 people | 586 people | 564 people | 563 people | 783 people | 800 people | 840 people | 986 people |
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