⭐️ Total score |
2/5 (Rank #1175)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,864 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 2 Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 33°C91°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 86%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 59 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Bad
|
👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$108 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | North Korea |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (86%) = feels 33°C 91°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 60 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz50Hz |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 190,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,300 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Korea DPR |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Koryo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Koryo |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,864 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $513 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,216 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $348 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,217 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $150 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $3,500,000 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $57 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $360 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.50 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | -3°C / 27°F freezing | 0°C / 0°F freezing | 8°C / 46°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 23°C / 73°F mild | 31°C / 88°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 16°C / 61°F cool | 5°C / 41°F cold | 2°C / 36°F cold |
Real (median) |
-3°C / 28°F
freezing |
0°C / 32°F
freezing |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
16°C / 60°F
cool |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
2°C / 36°F
very cold |
Humidity |
nice 57% |
nice 67% |
damp 72% |
nice 62% |
nice 73% |
nice 83% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 86% |
nice 77% |
damp 75% |
nice 70% |
nice 63% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 19mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 34mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 101mm |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 187mm |
rainy 115mm |
rainy 51mm |
dry 49mm |
dry 6mm |
Cloud |
pockets 18% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 13% |
Air quality |
okay 96 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 115 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 71 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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