⭐️ Total score |
2.08/5 (Rank #951)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Very expensive: $4,421 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 51Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 6°C42°F (feels 4°C39°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 84%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 60 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 38 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Very bad
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,433 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
🏥 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 |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Belgium |
🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 51 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 6°C 42°F + 💦 Damp (84%) = feels 4°C 39°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 60 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 39 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 103 |
💸 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 |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 98,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $41,199 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 93% 👱♀️ 7% |
🏞 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 | $4,421 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,087 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,098 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,171 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,134 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,716 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $843 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $240 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $89 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $204 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $12 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $10,805 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $27 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $9 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ 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 damp now
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ 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 |
36
2° cold |
45
7° cold |
45
7° cold |
48
9° cold |
54
12° cool |
72
22° mild |
70
21° mild |
68
20° mild |
68
20° mild |
55
13° cool |
46
8° cold |
39
4° cold |
Real |
39
4°
very cold |
48
9°
cold |
46
8°
cold |
50
10°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
72
22°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
66
19°
mild |
66
19°
mild |
57
14°
cool |
48
9°
cold |
43
6°
very cold |
Humidity |
nice 43% |
nice 39% |
nice 37% |
nice 34% |
nice 38% |
nice 41% |
nice 43% |
nice 42% |
nice 40% |
nice 41% |
nice 43% |
nice 44% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
rainy 68mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 70mm |
dry 28mm |
rainy 74mm |
dry 34mm |
rainy 76mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 54% |
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 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 250 people | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people | 200 people | 229 people | 200 people | 267 people | 257 people | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people |
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