| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.96/5 (Rank #1118)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
🙂 Okay: $2,927 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 30°C86°F (feels 30°C86°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 40%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 68 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$583 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | Kurdistan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 30°C 86°F + 😊 Comfy (40%) = feels 30°C 86°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 68 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Barista Coffee Shop |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,600,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $7,000 / year |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Iraqi Airways |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Iraqi Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Turkish Private Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,927 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,741 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,078 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $879 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,900 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,104 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $467 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $135,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $89 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $102 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $252 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $8 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $3,140 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Nice room
✅ Hot
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ People honking and catcalling
❌ Mean cashier
❌ Expensive
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Extremely hot in the summer
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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) |
1050° cold |
948° cold |
1559° cool |
1864° cool |
2882° warm |
3188° hot |
3595° hot |
3493° hot |
2984° warm |
2577° warm |
1457° cool |
1254° cool |
| Real (median) |
1051°
cool |
948°
cold |
1559°
cool |
1865°
mild |
2984°
very warm |
3392°
hot |
3799°
hot |
3698°
hot |
3188°
hot |
2577°
warm |
1457°
cool |
1253°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 58% |
nice 61% |
nice 55% |
nice 42% |
too dry 28% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 16% |
too dry 16% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 29% |
nice 47% |
nice 61% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 58mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 3mm |
rainy 90mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 45% |
pockets 29% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 15% |
clear 0% |
clear 1% |
clear 2% |
clear 0% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 53% |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 900 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 1,200 people |
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