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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 185 reviews |
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| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 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* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | New Zealand |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 31 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 20°C 69°F + 😊 Comfy (58%) = feels 21°C 70°F
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| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 NZD in USD | USD 5.90 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NZD 1,000 = USD 590 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Exchange |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | FrontRoom |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 13,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,233 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Jetstar |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Queenstown Medical Centre |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,957 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,724 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,675 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,336 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,612 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,691 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,033 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $868,079 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $216 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $154 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $390 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $12 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $5,902 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $26 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1864° cool |
1661° cool |
1763° cool |
1152° cool |
1050° cold |
134° cold |
337° cold |
337° cold |
439° cold |
1050° cold |
1254° cool |
1457° cool |
| Real (median) |
1864°
cool |
1661°
cool |
1763°
cool |
1152°
cool |
1050°
cold |
134°
very cold |
337°
very cold |
337°
very cold |
439°
very cold |
1050°
cold |
1254°
cool |
1457°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 62% |
nice 59% |
nice 62% |
nice 60% |
nice 60% |
nice 65% |
nice 61% |
nice 62% |
nice 59% |
nice 62% |
nice 61% |
nice 65% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 154mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 93mm |
rainy 105mm |
rainy 125mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 93mm |
rainy 131mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 53% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,855 people | 1,400 people | 1,364 people | 1,067 people | 600 people | 1,100 people | 1,080 people | 960 people | 1,000 people | 1,200 people | 1,725 people | 1,740 people |
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