| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.36/5 (Rank #228)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,362 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 24 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C85°F (feels 38°C100°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 91%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 94%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 31 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 63 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Okay
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Rich:
$2,048 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 16x16m)
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Good |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Taiwan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (91%) = feels 38°C 100°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 31 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 63 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 100 TWD in USD | USD 3.15 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | TWD 10,000 = USD 315 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Happen |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | CreatiVasia Space |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Nunchuk Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 2,175,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 41,684 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $24,577 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 16x16m (256m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | PCHome |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | EVA |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Changua Christian Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,362 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,412 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,169 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $620 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,663 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,006 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $401 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $403,746 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $78 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $99 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $221 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $17,348 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $20 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ 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
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1864° cool |
2170° mild |
2272° mild |
2882° warm |
3493° hot |
3290° hot |
3595° hot |
3697° hot |
3595° hot |
2577° warm |
2373° mild |
2068° mild |
| Real (median) |
1763°
cool |
2068°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2678°
warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2577°
warm |
2373°
mild |
1966°
mild |
| Humidity |
damp 73% |
nice 71% |
nice 73% |
nice 75% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 75% |
nice 75% |
nice 73% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 7mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 41mm |
rainy 55mm |
rainy 151mm |
rainy 321mm |
rainy 226mm |
rainy 427mm |
rainy 150mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 27mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 19% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 69% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 64% |
pockets 21% |
| Air quality |
okay 94 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 44 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,371 people | 1,067 people | 1,650 people | 933 people | 975 people | 1,200 people | 867 people | 771 people | 1,629 people | 1,680 people | 1,125 people | 1,067 people |
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