| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.31/5 (Rank #270)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,888 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 108 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 36°C98°F (feels 50°C122°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 60%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 52 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 35 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:
$4,817 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 27 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 108 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 36°C 98°F + 😊 Comfy (60%) = feels 50°C 122°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 52 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | 10th Street Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 350,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Rio Grande Regional Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,888 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,614 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,612 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,318 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,260 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,640 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $822 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $232,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $59 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $119 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $220 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $19 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $10,000 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $45 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ 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
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2170° mild |
2475° warm |
2984° warm |
3697° hot |
3697° hot |
43109° scorching |
42108° scorching |
48118° scorching |
45113° scorching |
39102° hot |
2882° warm |
3086° warm |
| Real (median) |
2170°
mild |
2474°
warm |
2780°
warm |
3187°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3391°
hot |
3290°
hot |
3594°
hot |
3492°
hot |
3188°
hot |
2679°
warm |
2781°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 72% |
nice 73% |
nice 69% |
nice 70% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 71% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 74% |
nice 72% |
sweaty 77% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 31mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 32mm |
rainy 52mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 62mm |
dry 15mm |
rainy 54mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 40mm |
dry 25mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 34% |
cloudy 52% |
| Air quality |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 900 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 900 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people |
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