| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.2/5 (Rank #427)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Very expensive: $4,223 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 124 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 26°C78°F (feels 27°C81°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 57%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 57 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 28 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:
$4,798 / 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 | 1 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 124 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 26°C 78°F + 😊 Comfy (57%) = feels 27°C 81°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 57 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 28 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Heart + Soul Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Very hard · 199 mg/L |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 310,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,571 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 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 | American |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Memorial Medical Center Modesto CA |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,223 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,047 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,614 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,890 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,019 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,848 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,446 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $410,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $95 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $126 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $220 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $15 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $6 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $39,800 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $11 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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
✅ 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
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1355° cool |
1559° cool |
1763° cool |
2272° mild |
2781° warm |
3290° hot |
3391° hot |
3493° hot |
3086° warm |
2170° mild |
1763° cool |
1152° cool |
| Real (median) |
1355°
cool |
1559°
cool |
1661°
cool |
2272°
mild |
2780°
warm |
3187°
hot |
3290°
hot |
3290°
hot |
3085°
very warm |
2170°
mild |
1762°
cool |
1152°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 81% |
damp 74% |
damp 71% |
nice 61% |
nice 51% |
nice 47% |
nice 41% |
nice 45% |
nice 45% |
nice 53% |
damp 73% |
damp 81% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 89mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 33mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 5mm |
rainy 79mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 14% |
clear 8% |
clear 7% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 11% |
clear 8% |
clear 9% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 64% |
| Air quality |
clean 49 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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