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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 555 reviews |
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| 👍 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* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Iceland |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 30 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 9°C 48°F + 💦 Damp (73%) = feels 7°C 45°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 9 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 22 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 ISK in USD | USD 8.24 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ISK 10,000 = USD 82 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Reykjavík Coworking Unit |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 220,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $60,966 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | IcelandAir |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Finnair |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $7,104 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $5,560 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $11,252 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $3,215 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,187 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,502 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $789,692 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $149 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $305 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $29 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $14 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $7 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $30,845 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $6 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $10 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ 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
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Cold all year round
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-425° freezing |
-425° freezing |
032° freezing |
541° cold |
643° cold |
1050° cold |
1254° cool |
1355° cool |
948° cold |
337° cold |
032° freezing |
-327° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-032°
freezing |
-031°
freezing |
337°
very cold |
643°
very cold |
745°
cold |
1050°
cold |
1254°
cool |
1355°
cool |
1050°
cold |
541°
very cold |
337°
very cold |
-032°
freezing |
| Humidity |
damp 81% |
damp 81% |
damp 85% |
damp 81% |
damp 72% |
damp 79% |
damp 83% |
damp 83% |
damp 83% |
damp 82% |
damp 86% |
damp 86% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 131mm |
rainy 111mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 133mm |
rainy 122mm |
rainy 121mm |
rainy 128mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 74% |
| Air quality |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
| Remote workers | 1,929 people | 1,615 people | 3,043 people | 1,880 people | 2,614 people | 3,150 people | 2,589 people | 2,286 people | 2,753 people | 2,529 people | 2,829 people | 2,250 people |
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