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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 107 reviews |
| 👍 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* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 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 | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | Saudi Arabia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 14 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 32°C 90°F + 🌵 Too dry (18%) = feels 30°C 86°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 88 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 116 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 SAR in USD | USD 2.67 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SAR 1,000 = USD 267 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | The Work Hub |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 5,518,400 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 105,760 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 6,900,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $34,537 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 17x17m (289m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 57% 👱♀️ 43% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 94% 👱♀️ 6% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Saudi |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,242 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,228 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,947 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,414 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,016 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,237 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,187 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $319,867 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $94 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $106 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $320 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $8 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $10,109 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Extremely hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1864° cool |
2170° mild |
2475° warm |
2882° warm |
3391° hot |
3595° hot |
3697° hot |
3697° hot |
3290° hot |
2984° warm |
2475° warm |
1864° cool |
| Real (median) |
1864°
cool |
1967°
mild |
2678°
warm |
3087°
hot |
3696°
hot |
38101°
hot |
39103°
hot |
39102°
hot |
3595°
hot |
3189°
hot |
2475°
warm |
1865°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 36% |
nice 31% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 13% |
too dry 9% |
too dry 11% |
too dry 12% |
too dry 13% |
too dry 18% |
nice 31% |
nice 38% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 12mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 5mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 12% |
pockets 23% |
clear 2% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 19% |
clear 1% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 13% |
clear 1% |
clear 9% |
pockets 22% |
| Air quality |
clean 31 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,600 people | 1,600 people | 1,364 people | 1,145 people | 960 people | 1,200 people | 867 people | 840 people | 1,145 people | 1,400 people | 1,100 people | 1,527 people |
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