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| ⭐️ Total score | 3 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | North Korea |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 0°C 33°F + 😊 Comfy (49%) = feels -2°C 28°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 60 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz50Hz |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 190,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,300 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Korea DPR |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Koryo |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Koryo |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,834 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $513 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,216 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $348 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,174 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $150 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $55 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $360 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.50 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
27
-3° freezing |
0° freezing |
46
8° cold |
55
13° cool |
64
18° cool |
73
23° mild |
81
27° warm |
81
27° warm |
73
23° mild |
61
16° cool |
41
5° cold |
36
2° cold |
| Real |
28
-3°
freezing |
32
0°
freezing |
46
8°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
73
23°
mild |
81
27°
warm |
80
27°
warm |
73
23°
mild |
60
16°
cool |
41
5°
very cold |
36
2°
very cold |
| Humidity |
too dry 29% |
nice 34% |
nice 36% |
nice 31% |
nice 37% |
nice 42% |
nice 42% |
nice 43% |
nice 39% |
nice 38% |
nice 35% |
nice 32% |
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| Rain |
dry 19mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 34mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 101mm |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 187mm |
rainy 115mm |
rainy 51mm |
dry 49mm |
dry 6mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 18% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 13% |
| Air quality |
okay 96 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 115 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 71 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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