| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.55/5 (Rank #1260)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $13,139 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 0.50 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Freezing
: -14°C7°F (feels -19°C-2°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 66%
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$0 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Antarctica |
| 🚩 Country | Antarctica |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 0.5 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ -14°C 7°F + 😊 Comfy (66%) = feels -19°C -2°F
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000 people |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 73% 👱♀️ 27% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | USAP |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | USAP |
| 🏥 Best hospital | McMurdo General Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $13,139 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $7,251 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $15,064 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $4,304 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $10,675 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $3,557 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $500 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $500 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $26 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $7 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $11 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $10 |
✅ Heavily fortified
✅ Interesting exploration opportunities
✅ Very safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Dangerous environment
❌ High risk of unforeseen accidents
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Cold all year round
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
-621° freezing |
-818° freezing |
-25-13° freezing |
-18-0° freezing |
-33-27° freezing |
-163° freezing |
-27-17° freezing |
-41-42° freezing |
-155° freezing |
-22-8° freezing |
-719° freezing |
-523° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-327°
freezing |
-523°
freezing |
-19-2°
freezing |
-147°
freezing |
-26-15°
freezing |
-139°
freezing |
-21-6°
freezing |
-35-31°
freezing |
-1112°
freezing |
-18-0°
freezing |
-524°
freezing |
-327°
freezing |
| Humidity |
damp 75% |
nice 65% |
nice 48% |
too dry 25% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 21% |
nice 33% |
too dry 17% |
nice 33% |
nice 36% |
nice 59% |
nice 67% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
dry 11mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 1mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 39% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 27% |
| Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 1,000 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 960 people | 600 people |
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