| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.03/5 (Rank #708)
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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 |
😙 Affordable: $1,412 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 31 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Freezing
: -0°C32°F (feels -3°C27°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 85%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 29 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 65 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Great
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Poor:
$1,224 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Kazakhstan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 31 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 -0°C 32°F + 💦 Damp (85%) = feels -3°C 27°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 29 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 65 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 KZT in USD | USD 2.21 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KZT 100,000 = USD 221 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | https://multispace.kz/ |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | https://www.eagilik.com/ |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | http://hotel diplomat & business center |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | https://www.diplomathotel.kz/ |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Very hard · 180 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $14,692 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | https://www.travelmob.com |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Astana |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Astana |
| 🏥 Best hospital | http://capital hostel astana |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,412 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $932 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for couple | $1,900 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,524 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $436 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,020 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,809 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $332 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $132,867 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $48 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $59 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $73 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-21-6° freezing |
-1210° freezing |
-1014° freezing |
643° cold |
2373° mild |
2170° mild |
2475° warm |
2781° warm |
1254° cool |
439° cold |
-818° freezing |
-1112° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-155°
freezing |
-818°
freezing |
-523°
freezing |
846°
cold |
2373°
mild |
2170°
mild |
2474°
warm |
2780°
warm |
1355°
cool |
643°
very cold |
-425°
freezing |
-720°
freezing |
| Humidity |
damp 78% |
damp 82% |
damp 83% |
nice 62% |
nice 50% |
nice 53% |
nice 54% |
nice 50% |
nice 56% |
nice 67% |
damp 76% |
damp 82% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 12mm |
dry 21mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 43mm |
rainy 55mm |
dry 14mm |
dry 28mm |
dry 27mm |
dry 32mm |
dry 26mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 34% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 68% |
| Air quality |
okay 89 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 76 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
okay 62 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 960 people | 800 people | 800 people | 800 people | 1,200 people | 960 people | 1,114 people | 1,200 people | 3,360 people | 1,467 people | 840 people | 840 people |
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