⭐️ Total score |
2.02/5 (Rank #1070)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Good |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,414 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 109Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Freezing
: -18°C0°F (feels -18°C-0°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 0%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 29 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
🗓️ Average trip length | 15 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 109 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 -18°C 0°F + 🌵 Too dry (0%) = feels -18°C -0°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 30 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍17% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 67,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | American Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,414 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,200 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $10,383 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,967 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,676 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,945 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,629 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $125 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $129 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $330 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $20 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
👩🏫 International school | $28,000 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $20 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Pretty 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+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (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 dry air now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
54
12° cool |
55
13° cool |
55
13° cool |
59
15° cool |
61
16° cool |
66
19° mild |
66
19° mild |
68
20° mild |
68
20° mild |
64
18° cool |
59
15° cool |
52
11° cool |
Real |
54
12°
cool |
55
13°
cool |
55
13°
cool |
58
15°
cool |
61
16°
cool |
65
19°
mild |
66
19°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
64
18°
cool |
58
15°
cool |
52
11°
cool |
Humidity |
nice 38% |
nice 33% |
nice 33% |
nice 34% |
nice 33% |
nice 34% |
nice 34% |
nice 35% |
nice 31% |
nice 32% |
nice 34% |
nice 39% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 52mm |
rainy 54mm |
dry 15mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 24mm |
rainy 96mm |
Cloud |
pockets 27% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 12% |
pockets 11% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 33% |
Air quality |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 244 people | 267 people | 200 people | 400 people | 314 people | 275 people | 200 people | 350 people | 300 people | 200 people | 240 people | 267 people |
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