| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.66/5 (Rank #1154)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Very expensive: $4,731 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 47 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 33°C91°F (feels 33°C91°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 33%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 60 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 40 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 47 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 33°C 91°F + 😊 Comfy (33%) = feels 33°C 91°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 60 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 40 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 57,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Sierra View District Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,731 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,641 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,266 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,504 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,687 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $7,629 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,144 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $292,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $79 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $250 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $14 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good 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
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1457° cool |
1661° cool |
1559° cool |
2373° mild |
2781° warm |
3595° hot |
3697° hot |
38100° hot |
3290° hot |
2272° mild |
1864° cool |
1254° cool |
| Real (median) |
1457°
cool |
1660°
cool |
1559°
cool |
2373°
mild |
2882°
very warm |
3493°
hot |
3696°
hot |
3697°
hot |
3290°
hot |
2272°
mild |
1864°
cool |
1254°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 67% |
nice 64% |
nice 54% |
nice 43% |
nice 35% |
nice 35% |
nice 30% |
nice 33% |
nice 34% |
nice 45% |
nice 80% |
damp 83% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 59mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 48mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 3mm |
rainy 76mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 27% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 22% |
clear 8% |
clear 5% |
clear 7% |
clear 10% |
clear 4% |
clear 5% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 41% |
| Air quality |
okay 51 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 42 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
okay 58 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
okay 62 US AQI |
okay 70 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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