⭐️ Total score |
2.82/5 (Rank #136)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,028 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 1Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C83°F (feels 26°C79°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 23%
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👌 Safety |
Okay
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$583 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Kurdistan |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 28°C 83°F + 🌵 Too dry (23%) = feels 26°C 79°F
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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☕️ Best coffee place | Pasha's Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 660,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $7,000 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Kurdigo |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Iraqi Airways |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Iraqi Airways |
🏥 Best hospital | Teaching Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,028 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,127 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,045 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $870 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,110 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $459 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $589 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $65,000 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $52 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $15 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $11 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | 0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Extremely hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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) | 10°C / 50°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 16°C / 61°F cool | 24°C / 75°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 29°C / 84°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 18°C / 64°F cool | 13°C / 55°F cool |
Real (median) |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
16°C / 60°F
cool |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
35°C / 94°F
hot |
38°C / 100°F
hot |
37°C / 99°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
Humidity |
nice 52% |
nice 59% |
nice 57% |
nice 41% |
too dry 28% |
too dry 15% |
too dry 17% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 23% |
too dry 29% |
nice 51% |
nice 59% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 81mm |
dry 50mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 8mm |
rainy 108mm |
Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 15% |
clear 6% |
clear 6% |
clear 6% |
clear 5% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 36% |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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