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| ⭐️ Total score | 19 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 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* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 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 | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | United Kingdom |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 19 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 23 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 12°C 54°F + 💦 Damp (86%) = feels 12°C 54°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 29 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GBP 100 = USD 134 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍23% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 220,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,249 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Gumtree |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | RyanAir |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | British Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Berkshire Independent Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,388 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,904 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,509 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,860 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,567 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,200 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,520 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $434,905 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $261 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $105 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $314 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $16 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $21,393 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
37
3° cold |
43
6° cold |
46
8° cold |
46
8° cold |
54
12° cool |
68
20° mild |
70
21° mild |
64
18° cool |
64
18° cool |
57
14° cool |
48
9° cold |
43
6° cold |
| Real |
41
5°
very cold |
47
9°
cold |
48
9°
cold |
48
9°
cold |
54
12°
cool |
66
19°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
64
18°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
58
15°
cool |
50
10°
cold |
46
8°
cold |
| Humidity |
damp 89% |
damp 84% |
damp 82% |
damp 74% |
damp 82% |
nice 84% |
nice 83% |
nice 81% |
nice 79% |
damp 83% |
damp 87% |
damp 90% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 60mm |
dry 47mm |
dry 44mm |
dry 18mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 67mm |
dry 42mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 67mm |
dry 6mm |
rainy 69mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 51% |
| Air quality |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
| Remote workers | 300 people | 0 people | 200 people | 267 people | 300 people | 333 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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