⭐️ Total score |
1.76/5 (Rank #1302)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $5,055 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 6Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 3°C37°F (feels 0°C32°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 90%
|
👌 Safety |
Okay
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Bad
|
🤝 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 |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Good |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | Greenland |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 3°C 37°F + 💦 Damp (90%) = feels 0°C 32°F
|
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 DKK in USD | USD 1.53 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | DKK 1,000 = USD 153 |
☕️ 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 | $5,055 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,702 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,255 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,787 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,002 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,395 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $993 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $519,878 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $187 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $79 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $289 / 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 |
✅ Pretty 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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