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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 333 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* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 110 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 32°C 89°F + 🥵 Sweaty (81%) = feels 43°C 109°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 27 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Neartown - Montrose |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Greater Eastwood |
| 🚕 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 coworking space | Start Houston |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Brightwork CoResearch |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Paper Co. Coffee |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Boomtown Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Southside Espresso |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,500,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 28,747 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,900,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 29x29m (841m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 87% 👱♀️ 13% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | American Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | US Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | The Menninger Clinic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,971 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,558 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,140 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,754 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,871 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,771 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,200 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $340,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $88 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $189 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $199 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $20 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $6 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $22,233 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $37 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ 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 very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ 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) |
1864° cool |
1559° cool |
2272° mild |
2577° warm |
3188° hot |
41106° scorching |
38100° hot |
40104° hot |
3595° hot |
3086° warm |
2170° mild |
2577° warm |
| Real (median) |
1763°
cool |
1660°
cool |
2271°
mild |
2576°
warm |
2781°
warm |
3188°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3188°
hot |
3085°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2170°
mild |
2576°
warm |
| Humidity |
damp 78% |
damp 80% |
nice 78% |
nice 78% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 76% |
nice 83% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 92mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 108mm |
rainy 50mm |
rainy 59mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 40% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 29% |
cloudy 64% |
| Air quality |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 2,229 people | 2,031 people | 2,250 people | 1,892 people | 1,929 people | 1,757 people | 1,569 people | 1,567 people | 2,215 people | 2,460 people | 2,509 people | 2,840 people |
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