| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.68/5 (Rank #101)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍9 liked it 👎2 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Great |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
1% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $8,951 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 31 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 24°C75°F (feels 24°C75°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 56%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 10%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 35 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 2 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Great
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Great |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$9,449 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Good |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Switzerland |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 31 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 24°C 75°F + 😊 Comfy (56%) = feels 24°C 75°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 35 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 2 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Sihlfeld |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Altstetten |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CHF 100 = USD 121 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | CoLab Zurich |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Impact Hub |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Hard · 158 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 2,240,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 42,930 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 690,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $113,385 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Digitec |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Easyjet |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Swiss |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $8,951 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $6,315 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $12,895 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $3,684 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,498 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $7,727 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $3,000 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $1,687,316 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $211 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $253 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $461 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $36 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $6 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $10 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $7 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $41,756 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $16 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $4,328 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $14,553 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $65,337 |
✅ Very clean
✅ Friendly people
✅ Good nightlife
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here
✅ Many Nomads.com members here all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Getting expensive
❌ Bad weather
❌ Lacking professional work opportunities
❌ Not very clean or quiet
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
134° cold |
948° cold |
846° cold |
1254° cool |
1355° cool |
2373° mild |
2170° mild |
1966° mild |
2068° mild |
1254° cool |
643° cold |
337° cold |
| Real (median) |
235°
very cold |
948°
cold |
846°
cold |
1254°
cool |
1355°
cool |
2373°
mild |
2170°
mild |
1966°
mild |
2068°
mild |
1254°
cool |
642°
very cold |
337°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 82% |
damp 79% |
damp 74% |
damp 70% |
damp 77% |
nice 78% |
nice 81% |
nice 79% |
nice 80% |
damp 80% |
damp 83% |
damp 84% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 98mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 172mm |
rainy 143mm |
rainy 152mm |
rainy 134mm |
rainy 51mm |
dry 38mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 119mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 83% |
| Air quality |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 4,200 people | 3,413 people | 5,262 people | 4,538 people | 5,475 people | 4,286 people | 5,463 people | 5,945 people | 5,224 people | 3,847 people | 4,425 people | 4,433 people |
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