| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.14/5 (Rank #533)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $7,267 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 22 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 21°C69°F (feels 21°C70°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 97%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 6 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 13 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$6,266 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 22 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 21°C 69°F + 😊 Comfy (97%) = feels 21°C 70°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 6 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 13 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Jack in the Box |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Kuleana.work |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Moderately hard · 83 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎5% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 67,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $75,195 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 62% 👱♀️ 38% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Mahelona Medical Center |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $7,267 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,121 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,233 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,781 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $6,316 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,500 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $1,100,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $296 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $397 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $15 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2068° mild |
2170° mild |
2068° mild |
2068° mild |
2272° mild |
2373° mild |
2373° mild |
2475° warm |
2475° warm |
2373° mild |
2272° mild |
2068° mild |
| Real (median) |
2069°
mild |
2068°
mild |
1967°
mild |
2068°
mild |
2271°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2475°
warm |
2475°
warm |
2373°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2069°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 80% |
nice 80% |
nice 82% |
nice 79% |
nice 79% |
nice 79% |
nice 80% |
nice 79% |
nice 78% |
nice 79% |
nice 81% |
nice 82% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 32mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 46mm |
rainy 56mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 27mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 56mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 74mm |
dry 44mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 42% |
cloudy 67% |
| Air quality |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 6 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 840 people | 600 people | 600 people | 800 people | 720 people | 800 people | 1,050 people | 600 people | 840 people | 840 people |
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