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| ⭐️ Total score | 7 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 42 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 -2°C 28°F + 💦 Damp (87%) = feels -6°C 21°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | High Ground Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 74,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
| 🏥 Best hospital | University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,260 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,847 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,336 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,525 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,790 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,866 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,115 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $300,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $84 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $127 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $323 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $19 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $30 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | -5°C / 23°F freezing | -10°C / 14°F freezing | 8°C / 46°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 19°C / 66°F mild | 30°C / 86°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 20°C / 68°F mild | 8°C / 46°F cold | 3°C / 37°F cold |
| Real (median) |
-3°C / 27°F
freezing |
-7°C / 19°F
freezing |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
4°C / 39°F
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 85% |
damp 78% |
nice 67% |
nice 57% |
nice 61% |
nice 64% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 75% |
nice 67% |
nice 76% |
nice 64% |
nice 69% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 51mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 83mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 9mm |
rainy 78mm |
dry 20mm |
dry 36mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 46% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 27% |
| Air quality |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 400 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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