| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.9/5 (Rank #1117)
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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: $5,590 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 36 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 13°C56°F (feels 11°C52°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 81%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 6%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 30 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 33 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Great |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Very bad
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$4,890 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Belgium |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 2 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 36 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 13°C 56°F + 💦 Damp (81%) = feels 11°C 52°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 34 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 112 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | That's Toast |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | The Olive Street Food |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | De Makers Republiek |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Very hard · 180 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎5% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 65,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $58,682 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Coolblue |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Lufthansa |
| 🏥 Best hospital | AZ Sint Lucas |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,590 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,848 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,387 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,253 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,069 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $8,894 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $906 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $415,035 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $144 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $292 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $195 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $17 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ 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
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
337° cold |
337° cold |
745° cold |
948° cold |
1355° cool |
1966° mild |
2068° mild |
2068° mild |
1966° mild |
1355° cool |
948° cold |
541° cold |
| Real (median) |
541°
very cold |
541°
very cold |
846°
cold |
949°
cold |
1356°
cool |
1864°
cool |
1966°
mild |
1966°
mild |
1864°
cool |
1456°
cool |
1049°
cold |
744°
cold |
| Humidity |
damp 89% |
damp 86% |
damp 81% |
damp 77% |
damp 78% |
nice 79% |
nice 79% |
nice 79% |
damp 78% |
damp 82% |
damp 87% |
damp 90% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 67mm |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 33mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 64mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 23mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 93mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 70% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 86% |
| Air quality |
clean 47 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 700 people | 1,200 people | 1,333 people | 950 people | 1,145 people | 1,260 people | 1,350 people | 1,000 people | 1,255 people | 1,240 people | 1,200 people | 1,440 people |
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