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| ⭐️ Total score | 385 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🎓 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 | Latvia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 20 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌨 1°C 35°F + 💦 Damp (80%) = feels -2°C 28°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 97 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 105 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | StartupLatvia |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 640,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,993 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 39% 👱♀️ 61% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Baltic |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Baltic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,424 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,302 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,552 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $729 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,570 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,223 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $446 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $74 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $40 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $165 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $13 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.53 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $13,210 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $14 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Beautiful city
✅ Great food
✅ Affordable prices
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality today
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Touristy in summer
❌ Juvenile atmosphere
❌ Ex-communist era presence
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
25
-4° freezing |
21
-6° freezing |
34
1° cold |
39
4° cold |
54
12° cool |
70
21° mild |
77
25° warm |
66
19° mild |
54
12° cool |
52
11° cool |
37
3° cold |
25
-4° freezing |
| Real |
30
-1°
freezing |
27
-3°
freezing |
39
4°
very cold |
43
6°
very cold |
55
13°
cool |
70
21°
mild |
78
26°
warm |
66
19°
mild |
54
12°
cool |
53
12°
cool |
42
6°
very cold |
31
-1°
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 40% |
nice 38% |
nice 39% |
nice 34% |
nice 38% |
nice 35% |
nice 36% |
nice 41% |
nice 37% |
nice 37% |
nice 41% |
nice 39% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 62mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 49mm |
dry 43mm |
rainy 58mm |
dry 40mm |
dry 39mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 68mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 60mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 35% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 50% |
| Remote workers | 564 people | 564 people | 640 people | 525 people | 850 people | 838 people | 1,246 people | 1,012 people | 877 people | 453 people | 417 people | 600 people |
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