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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 2 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding 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* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 127 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 -3°C 26°F + 😊 Comfy (66%) = feels -6°C 21°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 30 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 | Northern Light Espresso Bar & Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 77,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,065 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,161 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,258 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,502 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,580 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,363 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,263 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $149,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $74 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $77 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $323 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $10 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $15,000 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ 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
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-130° freezing |
-327° freezing |
745° cold |
1355° cool |
1864° cool |
2373° mild |
2577° warm |
2882° warm |
2170° mild |
1966° mild |
541° cold |
439° cold |
| Real (median) |
134°
very cold |
-131°
freezing |
846°
cold |
1456°
cool |
1763°
cool |
2373°
mild |
2577°
warm |
2678°
warm |
2068°
mild |
1965°
mild |
643°
very cold |
642°
very cold |
| Humidity |
nice 69% |
nice 70% |
nice 56% |
nice 66% |
nice 65% |
nice 80% |
nice 87% |
nice 84% |
nice 82% |
nice 83% |
nice 67% |
nice 67% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
dry 45mm |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 88mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 99mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 96mm |
dry 40mm |
dry 36mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 44% |
| Air quality |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people |
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