| ⭐️ Total score |
1.8/5 (Rank #1297)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,899 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 6 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Freezing
: -4°C25°F (feels -8°C18°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 76%
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Good |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,372 / mo
|
| 🙊 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 |
Bad |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | Greenland |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ -4°C 25°F + 💦 Damp (76%) = feels -8°C 18°F
|
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 DKK in USD | USD 1.54 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | DKK 1,000 = USD 154 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Toqqorfik |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Nuuk Digital |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 17,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,469 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Scandanavian Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Queen Ingrid's Hospital, Greenland - Silentia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,899 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,871 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,302 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,800 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,872 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,006 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,000 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $522,958 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $275 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $99 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $292 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $18 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $10 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $7 |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $9 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $21 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Cold now
❌ Cold all year round
❌ Very damp now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | -10°C / 14°F freezing | -10°C / 14°F freezing | -10°C / 14°F freezing | -1°C / 30°F freezing | 1°C / 34°F cold | 6°C / 43°F cold | 9°C / 48°F cold | 8°C / 46°F cold | 4°C / 39°F cold | -0°C / 32°F freezing | -5°C / 23°F freezing | -8°C / 18°F freezing |
| Real (median) |
-8°C / 18°F
freezing |
-8°C / 18°F
freezing |
-7°C / 19°F
freezing |
1°C / 33°F
very cold |
2°C / 36°F
very cold |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
10°C / 49°F
cold |
9°C / 47°F
cold |
5°C / 40°F
very cold |
1°C / 34°F
very cold |
-2°C / 28°F
freezing |
-7°C / 20°F
freezing |
| Humidity |
damp 74% |
nice 68% |
damp 75% |
damp 85% |
damp 82% |
damp 87% |
damp 78% |
damp 87% |
nice 66% |
nice 68% |
damp 73% |
nice 69% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
rainy 64mm |
dry 6mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 98mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 6mm |
rainy 83mm |
rainy 70mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 36% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 34% |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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