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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 14 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 116 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 42°C 108°F + 🌵 Too dry (23%) = feels 45°C 113°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 55 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 43 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Randy's Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 52,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $7,740 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $6,386 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $10,222 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,921 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,861 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $12,854 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,500 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $600,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $134 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $421 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $327 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $20 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $8 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $6 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $36,281 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very 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
❌ Extremely hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1661° cool |
1559° cool |
2170° mild |
2170° mild |
2984° warm |
3493° hot |
39102° hot |
38100° hot |
3493° hot |
2679° warm |
1864° cool |
1661° cool |
| Real (median) |
1662°
cool |
1560°
cool |
2169°
mild |
2170°
mild |
3086°
hot |
3595°
hot |
38100°
hot |
3799°
hot |
3494°
hot |
2780°
warm |
1864°
cool |
1661°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 38% |
nice 36% |
nice 38% |
nice 32% |
nice 31% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 27% |
too dry 28% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 29% |
nice 31% |
nice 42% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 18mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 16mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 21% |
pockets 12% |
clear 5% |
pockets 17% |
clear 2% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 22% |
clear 2% |
clear 1% |
pockets 14% |
clear 4% |
pockets 35% |
| Air quality |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
okay 59 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people |
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