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| ⭐️ Total score | 20 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 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 | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | Saudi Arabia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 29°C 84°F + 😊 Comfy (45%) = feels 29°C 84°F
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| 🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 SAR in USD | USD 2.66 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SAR 1,000 = USD 266 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 8,745,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 167,598 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $19,817 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 94% 👱♀️ 6% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Qatar |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,309 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,435 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,210 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $631 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $892 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,827 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $306 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $42 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $93 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $246 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $3,770 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $11 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Extremely hot in the summer
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
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25° warm |
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25° warm |
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27° warm |
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30° warm |
91
33° hot |
95
35° hot |
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35° hot |
93
34° hot |
93
34° hot |
90
32° hot |
82
28° warm |
79
26° warm |
| Real |
77
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79
26°
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85
30°
very warm |
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33°
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97
36°
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95
35°
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92
34°
hot |
85
30°
very warm |
80
27°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 31% |
too dry 27% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 19% |
too dry 17% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 23% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 28% |
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| Rain |
dry 15mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 2mm |
| Cloud |
clear 9% |
pockets 12% |
clear 2% |
pockets 13% |
clear 9% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 21% |
clear 3% |
clear 3% |
pockets 19% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 400 people | 200 people | 267 people | 333 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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