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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 72 reviews |
| 👍 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* | |
| 🤝 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 | Switzerland |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 32 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 12°C 54°F + 💦 Damp (79%) = feels 12°C 54°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 2 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CHF 100 = USD 130 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | LUGANO INNOVATION LAB |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Spazio 1929 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Ristorante Grand Cafe Al Porto |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Nespresso |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 64,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $79,609 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 84% 👱♀️ 16% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Digitec |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Booking.com |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Swiss |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Swiss |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Allianz Worldwide Care |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $7,487 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,588 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $8,825 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,521 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,634 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,583 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,917 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $1,949,538 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $217 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $150 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $257 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $39 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $9 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $32,492 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $43 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $18 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
439° cold |
236° cold |
1050° cold |
1050° cold |
1661° cool |
1864° cool |
2475° warm |
2373° mild |
1661° cool |
1457° cool |
643° cold |
541° cold |
| Real (median) |
438°
very cold |
236°
very cold |
1049°
cold |
1050°
cold |
1661°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2474°
warm |
2373°
mild |
1661°
cool |
1457°
cool |
643°
very cold |
541°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 75% |
damp 74% |
nice 57% |
nice 60% |
nice 66% |
nice 68% |
nice 75% |
nice 70% |
damp 72% |
damp 75% |
damp 79% |
damp 76% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 74mm |
dry 10mm |
rainy 134mm |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 154mm |
rainy 145mm |
rainy 173mm |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 182mm |
rainy 183mm |
dry 34mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 32% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 26% |
| Air quality |
clean 4 US AQI |
clean 5 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 4 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 800 people | 0 people | 900 people | 975 people | 720 people | 1,500 people | 975 people | 1,080 people | 1,440 people | 1,050 people | 800 people |
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