| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.75/5 (Rank #959)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,714 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 106 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 30°C85°F (feels 34°C93°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 73%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 63 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 31 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 106 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 30°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (73%) = feels 34°C 93°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 63 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 32 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Mojo |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Clingman Cafe |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Caffeind |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 87,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 76% 👱♀️ 24% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet Blue |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Mission Health |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,714 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,680 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,546 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,585 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,331 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,885 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,035 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $460,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $156 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $226 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $260 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $21 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $8 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $16,667 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $70 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Great food
✅ Strong art scene
✅ Beautiful scenery
✅ Good hiking
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Very new age atmosphere
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ 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) |
541° cold |
439° cold |
1559° cool |
1763° cool |
2068° mild |
2475° warm |
2984° warm |
3086° warm |
2373° mild |
2068° mild |
948° cold |
1457° cool |
| Real (median) |
643°
very cold |
541°
very cold |
1558°
cool |
1661°
cool |
1966°
mild |
2474°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2373°
mild |
2067°
mild |
948°
cold |
1456°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 73% |
damp 77% |
nice 70% |
nice 68% |
nice 75% |
nice 78% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 80% |
nice 78% |
nice 78% |
nice 67% |
damp 73% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 88mm |
rainy 117mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 89mm |
rainy 94mm |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 111mm |
rainy 88mm |
rainy 82mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 29mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 43% |
| Air quality |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 771 people | 667 people | 975 people | 800 people | 943 people | 1,200 people | 1,000 people | 1,067 people | 800 people | 1,125 people | 840 people | 1,125 people |
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