| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.04/5 (Rank #723)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Very expensive: $4,923 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 114 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 32°C90°F (feels 44°C111°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 80%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 47 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 35 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Great |
| 🌈 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 |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 114 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 32°C 90°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 44°C 111°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 47 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Central |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Southeast |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | HQ Raleigh |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | American Underground |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Café de los Muertos |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 150,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 70% 👱♀️ 30% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Delta |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Duke University Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,923 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,287 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,603 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,601 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,743 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,204 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,006 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $410,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $82 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $171 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $377 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $20 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $6 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $24,443 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $36 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ 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
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
846° cold |
846° cold |
1763° cool |
2272° mild |
2577° warm |
3086° warm |
3391° hot |
38100° hot |
2984° warm |
2373° mild |
1457° cool |
1661° cool |
| Real (median) |
846°
cold |
846°
cold |
1763°
cool |
2271°
mild |
2576°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2984°
very warm |
3187°
hot |
2780°
warm |
2373°
mild |
1457°
cool |
1660°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 78% |
damp 79% |
nice 67% |
nice 66% |
nice 69% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 73% |
nice 77% |
damp 71% |
damp 76% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 102mm |
rainy 83mm |
rainy 60mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 134mm |
rainy 83mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 92mm |
dry 9mm |
rainy 58mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 49% |
| Air quality |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,200 people | 720 people | 1,100 people | 873 people | 900 people | 975 people | 900 people | 1,091 people | 800 people | 1,145 people | 1,067 people | 1,133 people |
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