| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.08/5 (Rank #681)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,118 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 107 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 19°C66°F (feels 19°C66°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 69%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 25 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 30 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:
$6,831 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 16 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 107 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 19°C 66°F + 😊 Comfy (69%) = feels 19°C 66°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Newton Booth |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | South Natomas |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | The Urban Hive |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Hacker Lab |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Naked Lounge Coffee House |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 💧 Yes, fluoridated |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Hard · 138 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $81,971 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
| 🏞 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 | United |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,118 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,558 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,011 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,718 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,153 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,687 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,116 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $500,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $101 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $186 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $180 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $21 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $8 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $19,301 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ 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
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1355° cool |
1661° cool |
1763° cool |
2272° mild |
2781° warm |
3188° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3086° warm |
2170° mild |
1661° cool |
1050° cold |
| Real (median) |
1355°
cool |
1660°
cool |
1661°
cool |
2271°
mild |
2679°
warm |
3085°
very warm |
3187°
hot |
3187°
hot |
2985°
very warm |
2068°
mild |
1660°
cool |
1050°
cold |
| Humidity |
damp 80% |
damp 73% |
damp 70% |
nice 64% |
nice 55% |
nice 50% |
nice 45% |
nice 47% |
nice 45% |
nice 54% |
damp 71% |
damp 80% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 106mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 8mm |
rainy 115mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 11% |
pockets 11% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 12% |
clear 9% |
clear 9% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 67% |
| Air quality |
okay 55 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,080 people | 800 people | 1,457 people | 800 people | 900 people | 1,320 people | 840 people | 1,050 people | 800 people | 857 people | 1,015 people | 1,140 people |
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