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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 11 reviews |
| 👍 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* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 106 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (72%) = feels 34°C 93°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 28 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 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 | $6,737 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,929 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,532 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,866 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,128 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,823 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,185 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $340,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $240 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $224 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $275 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $22 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $8 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $18,000 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ 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
✅ 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
❌ 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) |
1763° cool |
1661° cool |
2068° mild |
2272° mild |
2882° warm |
3391° hot |
3595° hot |
3697° hot |
3391° hot |
2882° warm |
2170° mild |
2068° mild |
| Real (median) |
1661°
cool |
1660°
cool |
2067°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2678°
warm |
2984°
very warm |
3085°
very warm |
3086°
hot |
2984°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
2170°
mild |
2068°
mild |
| Humidity |
damp 79% |
damp 80% |
nice 80% |
nice 79% |
nice 79% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 74% |
nice 74% |
nice 82% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 16mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 27mm |
dry 23mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 154mm |
rainy 116mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 11mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 25% |
cloudy 65% |
| 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 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,200 people | 1,200 people | 800 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people |
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