| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.65/5 (Rank #1179)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,339 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 48 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C85°F (feels 36°C97°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 75%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 21 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 15 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 48 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 30°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (75%) = feels 36°C 97°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 21 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Luna Caffe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Zillow |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | New Hanover Health Network |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,339 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,714 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,346 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,527 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,138 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $7,712 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,240 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $375,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $147 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $253 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $293 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $15 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $35,000 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $22 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ 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
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1254° cool |
846° cold |
1864° cool |
2170° mild |
2373° mild |
3290° hot |
3697° hot |
3799° hot |
2984° warm |
2475° warm |
1864° cool |
1864° cool |
| Real (median) |
1254°
cool |
1049°
cold |
1763°
cool |
2170°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2781°
warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
2475°
warm |
1763°
cool |
1763°
cool |
| Humidity |
damp 75% |
damp 85% |
damp 72% |
nice 64% |
nice 71% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 90% |
nice 81% |
nice 80% |
nice 66% |
damp 80% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 108mm |
rainy 115mm |
rainy 68mm |
dry 32mm |
dry 50mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 151mm |
rainy 197mm |
rainy 187mm |
rainy 54mm |
dry 13mm |
rainy 59mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 25% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 28% |
| Air quality |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 900 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 1,200 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people |
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