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| ⭐️ Total score | 11 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 41 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 21°C 70°F + 😊 Comfy (63%) = feels 21°C 70°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 33 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 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 coffee place | Galveston Coffee Roasters |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 50,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 67% 👱♀️ 33% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | US Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | University of Texas Medical Branch HealthCare at Galveston |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,768 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,631 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,912 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,975 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,124 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,298 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,712 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $340,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $240 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $75 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $411 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $11 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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
✅ Very 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
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 16°C / 61°F cool | 15°C / 59°F cool | 20°C / 68°F mild | 22°C / 72°F mild | 28°C / 82°F warm | 33°C / 91°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 28°C / 82°F warm | 21°C / 70°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild |
| Real (median) |
16°C / 60°F
cool |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
20°C / 67°F
mild |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
26°C / 78°F
warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
| Humidity |
damp 75% |
damp 77% |
nice 77% |
nice 79% |
nice 81% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 71% |
nice 70% |
nice 71% |
nice 69% |
nice 82% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
dry 16mm |
dry 23mm |
dry 27mm |
dry 23mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 154mm |
rainy 115mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 11mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 23% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 12% |
pockets 34% |
| Air quality |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 400 people | 400 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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