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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 145 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 | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 12 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 94 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 28°C 82°F + 😊 Comfy (61%) = feels 30°C 86°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 40 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 29 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | North Valley |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | East San Jose |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Next Space |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | SandBox Suites |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Crema Coffee Roasting |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,630,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 31,239 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 21x21m (441m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 87% 👱♀️ 13% |
| 🏞 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 | American |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Stanford Health and Clinics |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,701 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,972 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $10,528 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $3,008 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,581 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,369 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,500 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $1,560,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $168 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $209 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $250 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $25 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $9 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $6 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $39,800 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $44 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $11 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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
✅ 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) |
1457° cool |
1355° cool |
1355° cool |
1661° cool |
1966° mild |
2170° mild |
2272° mild |
2272° mild |
2373° mild |
1966° mild |
1661° cool |
1152° cool |
| Real (median) |
1456°
cool |
1355°
cool |
1355°
cool |
1660°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2170°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2373°
mild |
1864°
cool |
1661°
cool |
1152°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 79% |
damp 72% |
damp 72% |
damp 70% |
nice 66% |
nice 62% |
nice 60% |
nice 62% |
nice 58% |
nice 61% |
damp 71% |
damp 79% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 124mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 47mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 18mm |
rainy 121mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 12% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 37% |
cloudy 60% |
| Air quality |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,091 people | 1,125 people | 975 people | 1,543 people | 1,440 people | 2,127 people | 1,091 people | 877 people | 1,745 people | 1,600 people | 1,133 people | 1,620 people |
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