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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 463 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 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* | |
| 🎓 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 | Latvia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 18 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 17°C 63°F + 💦 Damp (88%) = feels 17°C 63°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 27 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 63 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 115 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | StartupLatvia |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 550,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,993 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 39% 👱♀️ 61% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Baltic |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Baltic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,438 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,123 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,789 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,083 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,759 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,691 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $606 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $185,495 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $82 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $88 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $82 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $17 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $18,189 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Good public transport
✅ Tasty and affordable food
✅ Beautiful architecture
✅ Pretty 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Cold winters
❌ Touristy and crowded old town
❌ Locals can feel cold or unfriendly
❌ Parts of the city feel empty or rundown
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-425° freezing |
-621° freezing |
134° cold |
541° cold |
1254° cool |
2170° mild |
2882° warm |
1966° mild |
1254° cool |
1050° cold |
337° cold |
-523° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-130°
freezing |
-327°
freezing |
439°
very cold |
744°
cold |
1355°
cool |
2170°
mild |
2678°
warm |
1966°
mild |
1355°
cool |
1253°
cool |
642°
very cold |
-130°
freezing |
| Humidity |
damp 88% |
damp 86% |
damp 84% |
damp 75% |
damp 77% |
nice 75% |
nice 76% |
nice 81% |
damp 79% |
damp 81% |
damp 88% |
damp 87% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 62mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 49mm |
dry 43mm |
rainy 59mm |
dry 40mm |
dry 40mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 61mm |
| Cloud |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 66% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 85% |
| Air quality |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
| Remote workers | 1,600 people | 1,477 people | 1,843 people | 1,680 people | 2,529 people | 2,867 people | 3,840 people | 3,316 people | 2,680 people | 1,482 people | 1,280 people | 1,985 people |
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