| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.17/5 (Rank #382)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $6,926 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 32 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 30°C86°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 61%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 10%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 48 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 11 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Great
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$6,634 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Switzerland |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 32 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 28°C 82°F + 😊 Comfy (61%) = feels 30°C 86°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 48 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 12 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Chailly / Rovéréaz |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Centre |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CHF 100 = USD 123 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Eclau |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | La Muse |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Café de Grancy |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Sidewalk Café |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 140,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $79,609 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Digitec |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Immoscout24 |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet2 |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air France |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Clinique Cecil |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,926 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,724 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $8,978 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,565 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,399 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,059 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,954 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $1,659,472 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $159 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $199 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $325 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $31 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $10 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $39,950 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $47 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $12 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ 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
✅ People can speak basic 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
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right 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) |
337° cold |
236° cold |
846° cold |
846° cold |
1457° cool |
1661° cool |
2170° mild |
2068° mild |
1559° cool |
1355° cool |
643° cold |
439° cold |
| Real (median) |
337°
very cold |
236°
very cold |
846°
cold |
846°
cold |
1456°
cool |
1661°
cool |
2169°
mild |
2067°
mild |
1559°
cool |
1355°
cool |
643°
very cold |
439°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 82% |
damp 80% |
damp 76% |
damp 71% |
damp 74% |
damp 74% |
nice 75% |
nice 72% |
damp 75% |
damp 76% |
damp 81% |
damp 83% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 112mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 88mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 124mm |
rainy 129mm |
rainy 122mm |
rainy 113mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 129mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 75% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 76% |
| Air quality |
clean 12 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 11 US AQI |
clean 13 US AQI |
clean 11 US AQI |
clean 11 US AQI |
clean 14 US AQI |
clean 11 US AQI |
clean 12 US AQI |
clean 11 US AQI |
clean 12 US AQI |
clean 8 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 933 people | 771 people | 825 people | 720 people | 927 people | 818 people | 1,260 people | 1,133 people | 1,080 people | 825 people | 750 people | 1,275 people |
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