| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.18/5 (Rank #480)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $6,151 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 52 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 13°C56°F (feels 10°C50°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 65%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 20%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 12 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 29 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Very bad
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$4,625 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 6k ppl/km² (1 per 13x13m)
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Netherlands |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 21 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 52 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 13°C 56°F + 😊 Comfy (65%) = feels 10°C 50°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 12 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 29 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 112 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.5% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because Albert Heijn still doesn't accept CC) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Launchdesk |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Cafefinder |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Lebkov |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Hard · 142 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 280,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $55,500 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 13x13m (169m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Cool Blue |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Pararius |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Transavia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
| 🏥 Best hospital | LUMC |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,151 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,303 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $7,524 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,150 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,678 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $7,090 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,711 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $560,200 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $172 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $232 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $252 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $20 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $8 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $13,146 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $12 / trip |
| Sales tax (VAT/GST) | 21 |
| Individual tax rate (min) | 30 |
| Individual tax rate (max) | 52 |
| 💰 Corporate tax rate | 20 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
439° cold |
643° cold |
643° cold |
846° cold |
1254° cool |
1864° cool |
1966° mild |
1864° cool |
1864° cool |
1355° cool |
948° cold |
337° cold |
| Real (median) |
643°
very cold |
846°
cold |
846°
cold |
1050°
cold |
1355°
cool |
1864°
cool |
1965°
mild |
1864°
cool |
1864°
cool |
1457°
cool |
1050°
cold |
642°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 85% |
damp 84% |
damp 81% |
damp 75% |
damp 80% |
nice 78% |
nice 81% |
damp 79% |
nice 79% |
damp 81% |
damp 86% |
damp 88% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 57mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 71mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 111mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 83mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 84% |
| Air quality |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 9 US AQI |
clean 23 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 | 750 people | 600 people | 800 people | 600 people | 600 people | 1,600 people | 800 people | 600 people | 720 people | 840 people | 600 people | 1,800 people |
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