| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.29/5 (Rank #277)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍11 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
1% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,843 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 24 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 10°C50°F (feels 9°C48°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 72%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 5%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 13 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 57 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* |
Good
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Great |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$5,081 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Iceland |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 10°C 50°F + 💦 Damp (72%) = feels 9°C 48°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 13 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 57 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 ISK in USD | USD 7.96 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ISK 10,000 = USD 80 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Reykjavík Coworking Unit |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $60,966 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | IcelandAir |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Finnair |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,843 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,963 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $7,916 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,262 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,078 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,774 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $756,008 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $144 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $333 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $22 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $6,618 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $6 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $11 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ 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
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Cold all year round
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
0° freezing |
0° freezing |
134° cold |
541° cold |
541° cold |
1050° cold |
1254° cool |
1355° cool |
948° cold |
236° cold |
032° freezing |
0° freezing |
| Real (median) |
032°
freezing |
032°
freezing |
337°
very cold |
643°
very cold |
744°
cold |
1050°
cold |
1254°
cool |
1355°
cool |
1050°
cold |
540°
very cold |
337°
very cold |
032°
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 70% |
damp 71% |
damp 80% |
damp 76% |
nice 60% |
damp 76% |
damp 83% |
damp 82% |
damp 78% |
damp 73% |
damp 80% |
damp 80% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | |
| Rain |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 131mm |
rainy 110mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 133mm |
rainy 122mm |
rainy 120mm |
rainy 128mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 42% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 41% |
| Remote workers | 1,929 people | 1,615 people | 3,043 people | 1,880 people | 2,614 people | 3,113 people | 2,700 people | 2,286 people | 2,718 people | 2,529 people | 2,829 people | 2,250 people |
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