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| ⭐️ Total score | 222 reviews |
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| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability 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* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | United Kingdom |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 22 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 2°C 36°F + 💦 Damp (73%) = feels 2°C 36°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 25 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GBP 100 = USD 128 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Artisan Roast |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,249 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 17x17m (289m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | British Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | NHS Glasgow |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,009 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,755 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,351 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,243 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,662 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,388 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $925 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $78 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $144 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $169 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $19 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $14,516 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $18 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $6,986 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $24,341 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $91,526 |
✅ Great people
✅ Vibrant and charming city
✅ Authentic atmosphere
✅ Cheaper than most major UK cities
✅ Interesting post-industrial style
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Humid, grey, and rainy weather
❌ Limited activities in the old town
❌ Less attractive compared to Edinburgh
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
36
2° cold |
41
5° cold |
46
8° cold |
48
9° cold |
52
11° cool |
61
16° cool |
66
19° mild |
64
18° cool |
63
17° cool |
54
12° cool |
46
8° cold |
37
3° cold |
| Real |
37
3°
very cold |
45
7°
cold |
48
9°
cold |
48
9°
cold |
52
11°
cool |
61
16°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
63
17°
cool |
62
17°
cool |
54
12°
cool |
49
10°
cold |
41
5°
very cold |
| Humidity |
nice 41% |
nice 41% |
nice 40% |
nice 33% |
nice 40% |
nice 38% |
nice 41% |
nice 41% |
nice 44% |
nice 43% |
nice 42% |
nice 42% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 122mm |
rainy 108mm |
rainy 106mm |
dry 24mm |
rainy 85mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 102mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 117mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 49% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 56% |
| Air quality |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
| Remote workers | 400 people | 540 people | 367 people | 660 people | 569 people | 745 people | 683 people | 769 people | 636 people | 820 people | 385 people | 491 people |
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