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| ⭐️ Total score | 3 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | North Korea |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 3°C 38°F + 💦 Damp (86%) = feels 2°C 36°F
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| 💨 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 | $1,879 / 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) | $1,238 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $150 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $3,500,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $58 / 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
✅ 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
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp 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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