| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.17/5 (Rank #433)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
1% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $7,112 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 107 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 30°C86°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 54%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 43 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 23 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
|
| 🌊 Resilience 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 |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Good |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 13 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 107 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 84°F + 😊 Comfy (54%) = feels 30°C 86°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 43 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 24 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Southeast Boulder |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | North Boulder |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Colab Builder |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 97,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Frontier |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $7,112 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $5,034 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $9,675 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,764 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,742 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $8,095 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,396 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $950,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $222 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $265 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $350 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $20 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $6 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $30,700 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity 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
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
134° cold |
0° freezing |
439° cold |
541° cold |
1559° cool |
1661° cool |
2577° warm |
2475° warm |
1457° cool |
1355° cool |
032° freezing |
337° cold |
| Real (median) |
134°
very cold |
032°
freezing |
440°
very cold |
541°
very cold |
1558°
cool |
1661°
cool |
2576°
warm |
2474°
warm |
1457°
cool |
1355°
cool |
032°
very cold |
337°
very cold |
| Humidity |
nice 50% |
nice 54% |
nice 54% |
nice 49% |
nice 53% |
nice 40% |
nice 42% |
nice 38% |
nice 37% |
nice 43% |
nice 45% |
nice 45% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 3mm |
dry 20mm |
dry 29mm |
dry 35mm |
rainy 52mm |
dry 29mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 39% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 42% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 30% |
| Air quality |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,200 people | 1,286 people | 800 people | 975 people | 1,255 people | 1,050 people | 1,309 people | 1,250 people | 1,015 people | 1,067 people | 933 people | 982 people |
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