| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.69/5 (Rank #1109)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,997 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 102 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 33°C92°F (feels 43°C109°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 72%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 20 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 33 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability 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 |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 102 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 33°C 92°F + 🥵 Sweaty (72%) = feels 43°C 109°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 20 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 33 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Local Works |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 130,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 75% 👱♀️ 25% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Rent |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Delta |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,997 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,823 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,552 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,872 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,697 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $10,517 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,577 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $540,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $80 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $345 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $284 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $20 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $23,667 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / 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 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1254° cool |
1254° cool |
1763° cool |
2170° mild |
2475° warm |
3086° warm |
3188° hot |
3188° hot |
2882° warm |
2373° mild |
1661° cool |
1559° cool |
| Real (median) |
1253°
cool |
1253°
cool |
1661°
cool |
2169°
mild |
2474°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
2373°
mild |
1660°
cool |
1558°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 75% |
damp 81% |
damp 74% |
nice 62% |
nice 65% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 69% |
nice 74% |
nice 65% |
damp 76% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 86mm |
dry 43mm |
dry 39mm |
rainy 135mm |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 159mm |
rainy 138mm |
rainy 69mm |
dry 20mm |
dry 47mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 25% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 26% |
| Air quality |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 900 people | 600 people | 771 people | 933 people | 800 people | 800 people | 943 people | 800 people | 1,114 people | 1,200 people | 900 people |
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