| ⭐️ Total score |
1.73/5 (Rank #766)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $6,718 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 42 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 4°C40°F (feels 2°C36°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 84%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 10%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 48 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 3 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Great |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$6,634 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Switzerland |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 42 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 4°C 40°F + 💦 Damp (84%) = feels 2°C 36°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 48 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 4 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CHF 100 = USD 126 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Hauptsitz |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Urbanfish |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 130,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $79,609 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 87% 👱♀️ 13% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Digitec |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | WG-Gesucht |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Skywork |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Swiss |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,718 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,831 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $7,843 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,241 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,962 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,705 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,604 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $1,381,923 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $232 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $121 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $332 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $29 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $5 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $8 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $36,433 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $28 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $20 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $4,328 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $14,553 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $65,337 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 0°C / 32°F freezing | 9°C / 48°F cold | 8°C / 46°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 13°C / 55°F cool | 22°C / 72°F mild | 20°C / 68°F mild | 19°C / 66°F mild | 20°C / 68°F mild | 11°C / 52°F cool | 5°C / 41°F cold | 2°C / 36°F cold |
| Real (median) |
1°C / 34°F
very cold |
9°C / 47°F
cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
20°C / 67°F
mild |
11°C / 52°F
cool |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
2°C / 35°F
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 84% |
damp 79% |
damp 74% |
nice 70% |
damp 78% |
nice 76% |
nice 82% |
nice 78% |
nice 82% |
damp 80% |
damp 85% |
damp 86% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 71mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 111mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 99mm |
rainy 83mm |
dry 38mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 99mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 35% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 50% |
| Air quality |
clean 5 US AQI |
clean 5 US AQI |
clean 4 US AQI |
clean 4 US AQI |
clean 4 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 4 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 4 US AQI |
clean 5 US AQI |
clean 5 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 300 people | 200 people | 333 people | 375 people | 380 people | 420 people | 578 people | 367 people | 375 people | 571 people | 250 people | 333 people |
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