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| ⭐️ Total score | 190 reviews |
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| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 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* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Kazakhstan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 15 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 30°C 86°F + 😊 Comfy (40%) = feels 30°C 86°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 6 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 KZT in USD | USD 1.84 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KZT 100,000 = USD 184 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Veloyedov |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Nedelka |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $7,705 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 41% 👱♀️ 59% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 92% 👱♀️ 8% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Krisha |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Astana |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Astana |
| 🏥 Best hospital | IMC |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,632 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,139 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,431 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $695 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $917 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,514 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $560 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $110,591 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $43 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $50 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $104 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $5,573 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $4 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Friendly young people
✅ Excellent service
✅ Relaxed pace of life
✅ Close to nature and mountains
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Safe for women
❌ Poor English proficiency
❌ Pollution and fog
❌ Unsafe or corrupt policing
❌ Difficult city layout with poor walkability
❌ Old-fashioned gender norms and behavior
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | -3°C / 27°F freezing | -3°C / 27°F freezing | 4°C / 39°F cold | 14°C / 57°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 22°C / 72°F mild | 19°C / 66°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild | 19°C / 66°F mild | 7°C / 45°F cold | 1°C / 34°F cold | -7°C / 19°F freezing |
| Real (median) |
-3°C / 27°F
freezing |
-3°C / 27°F
freezing |
4°C / 39°F
very cold |
14°C / 57°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
7°C / 44°F
cold |
1°C / 34°F
very cold |
-7°C / 19°F
freezing |
| Humidity |
nice 53% |
nice 59% |
nice 60% |
nice 48% |
nice 50% |
nice 41% |
nice 36% |
nice 33% |
too dry 28% |
nice 49% |
nice 50% |
nice 52% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 28mm |
dry 37mm |
rainy 68mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 121mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 55mm |
dry 20mm |
rainy 62mm |
dry 43mm |
dry 29mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 39% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 39% |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 486 people | 525 people | 440 people | 667 people | 689 people | 800 people | 600 people | 820 people | 700 people | 618 people | 511 people | 600 people |
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