| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.01/5 (Rank #902)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,803 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 2 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 17°C62°F (feels 16°C61°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 75%
|
| 👌 Safety |
Bad
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$108 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | North Korea |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 17°C 62°F + 💦 Damp (75%) = feels 16°C 61°F
|
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz50Hz |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Viennese Coffee Shops |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,900,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,300 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Korea DPR |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Koryo |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Koryo |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,803 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $833 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,110 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $603 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $485 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $90 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $150,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $23 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $360 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $14 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-523° freezing |
-130° freezing |
846° cold |
1457° cool |
1966° mild |
2475° warm |
3188° hot |
2984° warm |
2272° mild |
1559° cool |
541° cold |
-130° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-523°
freezing |
-131°
freezing |
846°
cold |
1356°
cool |
1966°
mild |
2474°
warm |
2781°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
2272°
mild |
1559°
cool |
541°
very cold |
-131°
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 70% |
nice 67% |
nice 68% |
nice 61% |
nice 67% |
nice 74% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 84% |
nice 78% |
damp 72% |
damp 72% |
nice 70% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 15mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 28mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 111mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 216mm |
rainy 94mm |
dry 44mm |
dry 47mm |
dry 16mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 38% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 31% |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 1,200 people | 0 people | 1,200 people | 1,200 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 1,200 people |
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