| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.04/5 (Rank #713)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $7,872 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 53 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 18°C64°F (feels 18°C64°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 89%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 10%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 42 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 3 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$7,698 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Good |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Switzerland |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 53 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 18°C 64°F + 💦 Damp (89%) = feels 18°C 64°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 42 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 4 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CHF 100 = USD 120 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Hauptsitz |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Very hard · 200 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 210,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $92,370 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Digitec |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | WG-Gesucht |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Skywork |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Swiss |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $7,872 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,980 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $9,367 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,676 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,764 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,777 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,891 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $1,324,339 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $223 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $222 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $450 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $29 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $6 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $9 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $7 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $30,563 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $16 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $4,328 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $14,553 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $65,337 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-032° freezing |
948° cold |
846° cold |
1254° cool |
1355° cool |
2272° mild |
2068° mild |
1966° mild |
2068° mild |
1152° cool |
643° cold |
236° cold |
| Real (median) |
134°
very cold |
948°
cold |
846°
cold |
1254°
cool |
1355°
cool |
2272°
mild |
2068°
mild |
1966°
mild |
2067°
mild |
1152°
cool |
642°
very cold |
235°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 84% |
damp 81% |
damp 77% |
damp 74% |
damp 78% |
nice 76% |
nice 79% |
nice 77% |
nice 80% |
damp 81% |
damp 85% |
damp 85% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 71mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 124mm |
rainy 112mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 99mm |
rainy 83mm |
dry 39mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 99mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 79% |
| Air quality |
clean 5 US AQI |
clean 5 US AQI |
clean 4 US AQI |
clean 4 US AQI |
clean 4 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 4 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 4 US AQI |
clean 5 US AQI |
clean 5 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 975 people | 600 people | 1,000 people | 1,200 people | 1,150 people | 1,309 people | 2,018 people | 1,400 people | 1,200 people | 1,971 people | 867 people | 1,140 people |
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