| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.97/5 (Rank #1000)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,921 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 57 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 13°C55°F (feels 10°C50°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 68%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 6%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 30 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 38 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Very bad
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$5,868 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Belgium |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 57 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 13°C 55°F + 😊 Comfy (68%) = feels 10°C 50°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 39 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 112 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee College |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Startit BE |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Very hard · 275 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 77,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $70,416 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Coolblue |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Lufthansa |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hospital Gasthuisberg Leuven |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,921 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,239 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,615 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,604 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,850 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,599 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,098 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $448,160 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $227 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $151 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $293 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $22 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $16,240 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $9 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
236° cold |
745° cold |
745° cold |
948° cold |
1254° cool |
2272° mild |
2170° mild |
1966° mild |
2068° mild |
1355° cool |
846° cold |
439° cold |
| Real (median) |
439°
very cold |
948°
cold |
846°
cold |
1050°
cold |
1355°
cool |
2272°
mild |
2068°
mild |
1966°
mild |
1966°
mild |
1457°
cool |
948°
cold |
643°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 89% |
damp 83% |
damp 79% |
damp 73% |
damp 76% |
nice 78% |
nice 81% |
nice 80% |
nice 80% |
damp 83% |
damp 88% |
damp 90% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 68mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 37mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 70mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 74mm |
dry 35mm |
rainy 76mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 82% |
| Air quality |
clean 46 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 40 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 |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 750 people | 800 people | 600 people | 700 people | 600 people | 675 people | 675 people | 800 people | 720 people | 600 people | 600 people | 700 people |
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