⭐️ Total score |
1.98/5 (Rank #1164)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Good |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Very expensive: $4,412 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 24Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 13°C55°F (feels 12°C54°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 65%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 23 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 54 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Great
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,612 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Great |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
👩 Female friendly |
Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Finland |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 13°C 55°F + 😊 Comfy (65%) = feels 12°C 54°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 23 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 54 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 114 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | Business Kitchen |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Bisketti |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 200,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $43,339 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 94% 👱♀️ 6% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Verkkokauppa |
🏠 Apartment listings | Oikotie |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Finnair |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Finnair |
🏥 Best hospital | Mehiläinen Oulu |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,412 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,649 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,200 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,200 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,629 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,647 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $660 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $267,912 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $123 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $152 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $301 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
👩🏫 International school | $11,172 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $8 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Great internet connection
✅ Bike friendly
✅ Foreign friendly
✅ Supportive of startups
✅ Bright future for internationalisation
✅ Abundant outdoor activities
✅ Interesting local events
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Limited nightlife activities
❌ Depressing atmosphere
❌ Challenging weather
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | -11°C / 12°F freezing | -15°C / 5°F freezing | -4°C / 25°F freezing | 0°C / 32°F freezing | 7°C / 45°F cold | 16°C / 61°F cool | 20°C / 68°F mild | 16°C / 61°F cool | 8°C / 46°F cold | 6°C / 43°F cold | 0°C / 0°F freezing | -11°C / 12°F freezing |
Real (median) |
-8°C / 18°F
freezing |
-11°C / 13°F
freezing |
-1°C / 31°F
freezing |
2°C / 36°F
very cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
0°C / 32°F
freezing |
-8°C / 18°F
freezing |
Humidity |
damp 72% |
damp 73% |
damp 77% |
damp 81% |
damp 76% |
nice 69% |
nice 71% |
damp 83% |
damp 76% |
damp 86% |
damp 79% |
damp 74% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | |
Rain |
dry 50mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 33mm |
rainy 52mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 43mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 55mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 32mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 25% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 47% |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 300 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 300 people |
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