⭐️ Total score |
0.5/5 (Rank #1368)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,021 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 0.50Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 5°C42°F (feels 4°C39°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 61%
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👌 Safety |
🧨 Conflict / political instability*
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🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
🧨 Conflict / political instability*
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🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$100 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Syria |
🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 0.5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 5°C 42°F + 😊 Comfy (61%) = feels 4°C 39°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Pages Caffee |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,700,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,203 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 67% 👱♀️ 33% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Syria Air |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Syria Air |
🏥 Best hospital | Italian Hospital of Damascus |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,021 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $503 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $902 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $258 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,203 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $246 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $150 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $353 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | 0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | 0 |
👩🏫 International school | $2,677 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
50
10° cold |
45
7° cold |
57
14° cool |
59
15° cool |
77
25° warm |
75
24° warm |
81
27° warm |
81
27° warm |
77
25° warm |
72
22° mild |
54
12° cool |
52
11° cool |
Real |
49
10°
cold |
45
7°
cold |
56
14°
cool |
59
15°
cool |
76
25°
warm |
80
27°
warm |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
79
26°
warm |
71
22°
mild |
54
12°
cool |
51
11°
cool |
Humidity |
nice 32% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 25% |
too dry 14% |
too dry 11% |
too dry 15% |
too dry 16% |
too dry 15% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 23% |
nice 32% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 29mm |
dry 30mm |
dry 17mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 31mm |
Cloud |
pockets 20% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 10% |
clear 2% |
clear 1% |
clear 1% |
clear 1% |
clear 1% |
clear 5% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 27% |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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