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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 435 reviews |
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| 👍 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* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Germany |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 39 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 16°C 60°F + 💦 Damp (82%) = feels 15°C 59°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 16 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 43 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Neustadt/Süd |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Poll |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 112 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Startplatz |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Coworking Cologne |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Very hard · 301 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $65,962 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 20x20m (400m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 87% 👱♀️ 13% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | WG Gesucht |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Germanwings |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Lufthansa |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,173 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,569 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,795 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,656 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,422 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,259 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,196 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $581,033 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $113 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $205 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $335 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $17 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $21,869 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $9 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $11,133 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $34,508 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $100,974 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here
✅ 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
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
134° cold |
846° cold |
745° cold |
1050° cold |
1457° cool |
2272° mild |
2170° mild |
2068° mild |
2170° mild |
1254° cool |
643° cold |
337° cold |
| Real (median) |
337°
very cold |
1049°
cold |
846°
cold |
1050°
cool |
1457°
cool |
2272°
mild |
2170°
mild |
1966°
mild |
2068°
mild |
1355°
cool |
744°
cold |
541°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 88% |
damp 82% |
damp 77% |
damp 73% |
damp 76% |
nice 75% |
nice 76% |
nice 76% |
nice 75% |
damp 81% |
damp 87% |
damp 89% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 104mm |
rainy 56mm |
rainy 56mm |
rainy 55mm |
rainy 68mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 79mm |
dry 41mm |
dry 49mm |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 71mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 86% |
| Air quality |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 43 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 |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 2,100 people | 1,800 people | 2,360 people | 2,585 people | 2,080 people | 2,700 people | 3,247 people | 3,141 people | 3,100 people | 2,400 people | 2,000 people | 2,718 people |
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