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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 811 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 92 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (88%) = feels 23°C 73°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 29 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 40 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | West Town |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Austin |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Onward |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | 1871 |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 2,080,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 39,863 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 76% 👱♀️ 24% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,219 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,774 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,689 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,626 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,788 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,009 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $310,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $131 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $250 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $21 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $6 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $30,558 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $33 / 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 |
✅ Amazing nightlife
✅ One of the best food scenes
✅ City of neighborhoods with character
✅ Lots of parks and forests
✅ Great museums
✅ Always something to do
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com members here all year round
✅ 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)
❌ Winter is freezing
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very 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) |
-621° freezing |
-425° freezing |
541° cold |
846° cold |
1559° cool |
2475° warm |
2475° warm |
3086° warm |
2373° mild |
1966° mild |
541° cold |
-032° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-326°
freezing |
-229°
freezing |
744°
cold |
948°
cold |
1559°
cool |
2475°
warm |
2474°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2374°
warm |
1966°
mild |
745°
cold |
337°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 83% |
damp 78% |
damp 75% |
damp 72% |
damp 76% |
nice 78% |
nice 82% |
sweaty 78% |
nice 72% |
nice 77% |
nice 69% |
damp 75% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 48mm |
rainy 50mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 94mm |
dry 43mm |
rainy 86mm |
dry 20mm |
rainy 60mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 62% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 30% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 66% |
| Air quality |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 2,650 people | 3,126 people | 3,514 people | 3,333 people | 4,043 people | 4,175 people | 5,190 people | 4,383 people | 4,664 people | 4,029 people | 3,627 people | 4,740 people |
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