| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.73/5 (Rank #1224)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,157 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 39 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 18°C64°F (feels 17°C63°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 92%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 41%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 25 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 48 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$3,447 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 9k ppl/km² (1 per 11x11m)
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Spain |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 39 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 18°C 64°F + 😊 Comfy (92%) = feels 17°C 63°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 49 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 111 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Co.lab |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Bilbao Lab Coworking |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Moderately hard · 88 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 740,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $41,361 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 11x11m (121m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | easyjet |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Iberia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,157 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,779 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for couple | $7,472 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,425 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,550 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,956 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,951 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,248 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $410,489 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $92 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $228 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $200 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $21 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $11,418 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $11,365 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $33,727 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $110,442 |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
948° cold |
1355° cool |
1254° cool |
1254° cool |
1559° cool |
1966° mild |
2170° mild |
2170° mild |
2068° mild |
1661° cool |
1152° cool |
1254° cool |
| Real (median) |
948°
cold |
1456°
cool |
1254°
cool |
1253°
cool |
1558°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2068°
mild |
2068°
mild |
2068°
mild |
1660°
cool |
1152°
cool |
1254°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 82% |
damp 76% |
damp 78% |
damp 75% |
damp 80% |
nice 80% |
nice 79% |
nice 77% |
nice 78% |
damp 76% |
damp 82% |
damp 79% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 131mm |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 67mm |
rainy 52mm |
rainy 76mm |
dry 23mm |
dry 20mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 54mm |
rainy 141mm |
rainy 111mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 76% |
| Air quality |
clean 42 US AQI |
okay 59 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 37 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 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,650 people | 1,418 people | 1,500 people | 1,800 people | 1,527 people | 2,200 people | 1,708 people | 2,018 people | 2,000 people | 2,250 people | 1,350 people | 1,750 people |
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