| ⭐️ Total score |
1.8/5 (Rank #1299)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $7,130 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 1 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 16°C61°F (feels 16°C61°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 26%
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 58 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$532 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Turkmenistan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 16°C 61°F + 🌵 Too dry (26%) = feels 16°C 61°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 59 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 TMT in USD | USD 2.85 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | TMT 1,000 = USD 285 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Şazada Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 7,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 134 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $6,389 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Turkmenistan Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Central Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $7,130 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,943 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,833 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,095 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $6,253 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $698 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $62,678 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $293 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $338 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $19 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $35,100 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ 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 (median) | 4°C / 39°F cold | 1°C / 34°F cold | 8°C / 46°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 20°C / 68°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 26°C / 79°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 22°C / 72°F mild | 14°C / 57°F cool | 8°C / 46°F cold | 5°C / 41°F cold |
| Real (median) |
4°C / 38°F
very cold |
1°C / 34°F
very cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
20°C / 67°F
mild |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
26°C / 78°F
warm |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
14°C / 56°F
cool |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
5°C / 40°F
very cold |
| Humidity |
nice 44% |
nice 51% |
nice 66% |
nice 40% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 27% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 26% |
nice 39% |
nice 50% |
nice 46% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
dry 5mm |
dry 7mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 14mm |
dry 13mm |
| Cloud |
clear 3% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 15% |
clear 3% |
pockets 11% |
clear 2% |
clear 2% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 18% |
| Air quality |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 59* US AQI |
okay 59* US AQI |
okay 59* US AQI |
okay 59* US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 0 people | 250 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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