⭐️ Total score |
1.76/5 (Rank #1302)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎2 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,304 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 40°C104°F (feels 40°C104°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 19%
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👌 Safety |
Okay
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👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$583 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Kurdistan |
🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 40°C 104°F + 🌵 Too dry (19%) = feels 40°C 104°F
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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☕️ Best coffee place | Barista Coffee Shop |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 490,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $7,000 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Iraqi Airways |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Iraqi Airways |
🏥 Best hospital | Turkish Private Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,304 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,942 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,042 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,155 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,946 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,540 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,038 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $135,000 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $138 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $83 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $294 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Nice room
✅ Hot
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ People honking and catcalling
❌ Mean cashier
❌ Very expensive
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Extremely hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 14°C / 57°F cool | 14°C / 57°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 24°C / 75°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 26°C / 79°F warm | 20°C / 68°F mild | 15°C / 59°F cool |
Real (median) |
14°C / 56°F
cool |
14°C / 57°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
36°C / 97°F
hot |
40°C / 104°F
hot |
39°C / 102°F
hot |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
Humidity |
nice 61% |
nice 60% |
nice 62% |
nice 47% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 16% |
too dry 14% |
too dry 15% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 25% |
nice 49% |
nice 59% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
rainy 57mm |
dry 45mm |
dry 45mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 3mm |
rainy 90mm |
Cloud |
pockets 23% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 16% |
clear 8% |
clear 0% |
clear 1% |
clear 2% |
clear 0% |
clear 9% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 25% |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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