| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.94/5 (Rank #957)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
1% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $7,800 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 43 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 8°C46°F (feels 5°C41°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 76%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 2%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 63 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 46 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Great |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Okay
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$5,399 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Ireland |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 43 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 8°C 46°F + 💦 Damp (76%) = feels 5°C 41°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 63 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 46 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 111 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Galway Roast |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 💧 Yes, fluoridated |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Hard · 170 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 76,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $64,782 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aer Lingus |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Galway Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $7,800 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $5,249 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for couple | $10,576 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $9,369 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,677 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,790 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $8,889 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,260 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $388,300 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $271 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $291 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $318 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $22 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $8 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $12,093 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $13,139 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $38,957 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $116,454 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
439° cold |
643° cold |
745° cold |
1050° cold |
1254° cool |
1559° cool |
1864° cool |
1763° cool |
1661° cool |
1254° cool |
745° cold |
643° cold |
| Real (median) |
643°
very cold |
948°
cold |
948°
cold |
1152°
cool |
1355°
cool |
1559°
cool |
1763°
cool |
1662°
cool |
1660°
cool |
1254°
cool |
846°
cold |
846°
cold |
| Humidity |
damp 86% |
damp 86% |
damp 86% |
damp 78% |
damp 78% |
damp 80% |
damp 83% |
damp 85% |
damp 86% |
damp 88% |
damp 88% |
damp 89% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 95mm |
rainy 85mm |
dry 32mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 52mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 99mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 102mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 115mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 77% |
| Air quality |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
clean 46 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 |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
| Remote workers | 675 people | 800 people | 700 people | 600 people | 1,000 people | 960 people | 960 people | 982 people | 800 people | 750 people | 1,029 people | 700 people |
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