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Toulouse

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Toulouse appears to be underwhelming for many digital nomads, especially solo travelers. The city doesn’t offer much in terms of activities beyond eating and drinking, and while it's not tiny, the cultural and social options feel limited. Several reviewers mentioned that it can get boring quickly, with little appeal for those not already part of a local group or community.

Finding accommodation as a freelancer is reportedly difficult, potentially deterring remote workers. The coworking options, such as Harry Cow, are there but can become noisy and distracting when busy. Locals are generally described as keeping to themselves, and the city doesn't have a strong nomad scene.

There are also various issues with aggressive panhandlers and unsafe-feeling pedestrian interactions due to poor behavior from both cyclists and motorists. While the city doesn’t feel outright dangerous, there's a need to stay alert in certain areas. Overall, Toulouse may work better for short visits or group travel rather than extended solo nomad stays.

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1 year ago

Renting a flat as a freelancer here is incredibly difficult. The city isn't small but there's not enough to do in my opinion apart from drinking and eating. Locals mostly keep to themselves and don't mix much. Not enough nomadlisters. The co-working space here is alright (Harry Cow is €20 per day) but when it gets busy with 4-5 people having meetings and generally not being mindful of others, it's headache inducing. A lot of homeless weirdos with dogs asking for change who will insult you if you don't give them something (just ignore them). Bad behavior from cyclists and motorists towards pedestrians in the city centre. I've not felt unsafe in the city at night but I have to remain situationally aware when crossing paths with the usual weirdos you encounter. If you are already in a group or joining one here, you'll probably have fun. As a solo, I don't recommend staying here more than 2-3 weeks, you'll get bored.

3 years ago

Honestly, was a bit dissapointed about the number of things that you cannot do there or do in the small old part of it. Seems quite juvenile + lots of students and it is the main factory of AIRBUS planes.

6 years ago

Toulouse is a nice, balanced city that you'll enjoy live in for a while. Still, the limited size might bore out people who enjoy the never ending animation of big cities. The city is also a good base to explore the region with the Pyrénées in the south and the Cathar castles / Carcassonne in the east for example.

8 years ago

✅ Friendly people

✅ Good public transport

✅ Rich cultural experience

✅ Fast internet

✅ Lots of fun stuff to do

✅ 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

✅ Safe for women

✅ Family friendly

✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

❌ Not much to do

❌ Hard to rent as freelancer

❌ Unfriendly locals

❌ Few digital nomads

❌ Annoying co-working experience

❌ Too many aggressive panhandlers

❌ Bad behavior from traffic

❌ Very expensive

❌ Not very safe

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ Very difficult to make friends

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ High alcohol consumption

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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1559°
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1864°
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2475°
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2577°
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2475°
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1864°
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948°
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1050°
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Real (median)

846°
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1456°
cool

1559°
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1763°
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2476°
warm

2577°
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2475°
warm

1864°
cool

1050°
cold

1151°
cool

Humidity

damp
82%

damp
75%

nice
69%

damp
73%

nice
71%

nice
65%

nice
62%

nice
69%

nice
72%

damp
82%

damp
84%

Most common

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☀️ Clear

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☀️ Clear

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☀️ Clear

Rain

rainy
78mm

rainy
51mm

dry
27mm

dry
35mm

rainy
77mm

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63mm

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53mm

dry
9mm

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60mm

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28mm

rainy
75mm

rainy
69mm

Cloud

cloudy
79%

cloudy
65%

cloudy
62%

cloudy
64%

cloudy
71%

cloudy
58%

cloudy
50%

pockets
36%

cloudy
51%

pockets
44%

cloudy
73%

Air quality

okay
61 US AQI

okay
64 US AQI

clean
46 US AQI

clean
40 US AQI

clean
36 US AQI

clean
37 US AQI

clean
45 US AQI

clean
42 US AQI

clean
49 US AQI

clean
46 US AQI

okay
52 US AQI

okay
57 US AQI

Sun

safe
1 UVI

safe
2 UVI

safe
3 UVI

seek shade
4 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

safe
3 UVI

safe
2 UVI

safe
1 UVI

Remote workers

1,250 people

1,200 people

1,250 people

1,400 people

1,371 people

1,708 people

1,900 people

1,763 people

1,400 people

1,680 people

1,100 people

1,720 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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☀️ Feels 26° 79° 25° 78° AQI 22

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☀️ Feels 32° 90° 32° 89° Barely AC 🥵 AQI 44

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$4,552 / mo

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Bordeaux

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 22

✈️17min

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108 Mbps

Girona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 33° 91° 30° 86° Some AC 🥵 AQI 14

✈️17min

$5,915 / mo

37 Mbps

Biarritz

France

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💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 29

✈️19min

$5,702 / mo

108 Mbps

Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 80° Has AC AQI 36

✈️20min

$7,418 / mo

38 Mbps

Avignon

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 31° 88° 31° 88° Barely AC 🥵 AQI 32

✈️21min

$4,683 / mo

193 Mbps

Pamplona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 81° Some AC AQI 17

✈️22min

$5,107 / mo

40 Mbps

San Sebastian

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 27

✈️22min

$5,844 / mo

32 Mbps

Marseille

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 31° 88° 30° 86° Some AC AQI 1

✈️25min

$5,122 / mo

81 Mbps

Bilbao

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety bad

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🌫 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 10

✈️28min

$5,703 / mo

40 Mbps

Lyon

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 28° 82° 27° 81° Barely AC 🥵 AQI 34

✈️29min

$4,491 / mo

108 Mbps

Paris

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71° AQI 37

✈️47min

$7,522 / mo

40 Mbps

Warsaw

Poland

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 20° 68° 20° 67° AQI 27

✈️2h

$3,609 / mo

76 Mbps

Amsterdam

Netherlands

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66° AQI 34

✈️1h

$6,731 / mo

15 Mbps

Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 80° Has AC AQI 36

✈️20min

$7,418 / mo

38 Mbps

Madrid

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 30° 86° 32° 90° Has AC AQI 49

✈️44min

$6,125 / mo

44 Mbps

London

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68° AQI 26

✈️1h

$8,461 / mo

23 Mbps

Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 41° 106° 31° 88° Has AC AQI 65 😷

✈️13h

$1,628 / mo

32 Mbps

Berlin

Germany

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 67° AQI 35

✈️2h

$5,516 / mo

32 Mbps

Rouen

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety very bad

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🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 25

✈️52min

$4,161 / mo

175 Mbps

Lisbon

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 32° 90° 28° 83° Barely AC 🥵 AQI 29

✈️1h

$5,068 / mo

100 Mbps

New York City, NY

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 46

✈️8h

$7,418 / mo

26 Mbps

Lyon

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 28° 82° 27° 81° Barely AC 🥵 AQI 34

✈️29min

$4,491 / mo

108 Mbps

Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 80° Has AC AQI 36

✈️20min

$7,418 / mo

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Madrid

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 30° 86° 32° 90° Has AC AQI 49

✈️44min

$6,125 / mo

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Paris

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71° AQI 37

✈️47min

$7,522 / mo

🌇 Also went here122 people

Porto

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 27

✈️1h

$3,691 / mo

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London

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68° AQI 26

✈️1h

$8,461 / mo

🌇 Also went here99 people

Rome

Italy

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 36° 97° 33° 91° Barely AC 🥵 AQI 39

✈️1h

$6,190 / mo

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Amsterdam

Netherlands

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66° AQI 34

✈️1h

$6,731 / mo

🌇 Also went here73 people

Lisbon

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 32° 90° 28° 83° Barely AC 🥵 AQI 29

✈️1h

$5,068 / mo

🌇 Also went here99 people

Prague

Czechia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 31

✈️2h

$3,915 / mo

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Vienna

Austria

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 26° 79° 26° 78° AQI 12

✈️2h

$5,050 / mo

🌇 Also went here53 people

Berlin

Germany

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 67° AQI 35

✈️2h

$5,516 / mo

🌇 Also went here90 people

Budapest

Hungary

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 27° 81° 26° 79° Some AC AQI 37

✈️2h

$3,622 / mo

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Istanbul

Turkey

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 80° Has AC AQI 80 😷

✈️3h

$3,304 / mo

🌇 Also went here62 people

New York City, NY

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 46

✈️8h

$7,418 / mo

🌇 Also went here59 people

Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 41° 106° 31° 88° Has AC AQI 65 😷

✈️13h

$1,628 / mo

🌇 Also went here74 people

1,200 remote workers in Toulouse now, of which 1+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

Members who will be here soon

Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

🎒 Nomad Score™	3.12/5 (Rank #563) 207 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍3 liked it 👎3 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Good
👶 Family score	Good
🎒 Community score	Okay
🤯 Overcrowding score	0% is nomad here
💵 Cost	🧐 Pricey: $3,985 / mo
📡 Internet	🚀 Super fast: 108 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Good
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 28°C82°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 50%
❄️ % of buildings with AC	🥵 Very low: 5%
💨 Air quality (now)	🌱 Good: 34 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Great: 47 US AQI
👌 Safety	Okay
👩 Safe for women	Good
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Great
🤮 Food safety*	Great
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Good
🤝 Lack of racism*	Okay
🎓 Education level*	High
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Resilience to climate change	Good
💰 Income level*	Very rich: $3,069 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Okay
😤 People density	🧘‍♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 16x16m)
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Great
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Good
📶 Free WiFi in city	Great
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Good
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Good
🎅 Startup Score	Okay

🌍 Continent	Europe
🚩 Country	France
🗓️ Average trip length	8 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	108 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ 28°C 82°F + 😊 Comfy (50%) = feels 28°C 82°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👍 34 US AQI 🍃 OK
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👍 47 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay	Balma
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood	Toulouse
🚕 Best taxi app*	Uber
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	EUR 100 = USD 116
💸 Tipping	Yes, 5%
💳 Cashless	💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere
💻 Best coworking space	Tau
💻 Best alt. coworking space	La Serre
☕️ Best coffee place	Café Den Toulouse
🚰 Tap water	👌 Yes, safe to drink
♻️ Return rate	👍14% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	640,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$36,826 / year
😤 Population density	🧘‍♀️ not busy: 16x16m (256m²) per person
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 46% 👱‍♀️ 54%
👫 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	SeLoger
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	Easy Jet
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Air France
🏥 Best hospital	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$3,985 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$2,685 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$5,291 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$1,512 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,639 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$3,094 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$913 / month
🏠 Median home price	$359,309
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$77 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$101 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$139 / month
🍛 Dinner	$17
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$4
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$8
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$4
👩‍🏫 International school	$10,468 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$9 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$8 / trip

Toulouse

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