⭐️ Total score | 2.08/5 (Rank #1057) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $7,141 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 39Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Freezing : -18°C0°F (feels -18°C-0°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 0% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 2 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $6,634 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Switzerland |
🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 39 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 -18°C 0°F + 🌵 Too dry (0%) = feels -18°C -0°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 2 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CHF 100 = USD 113 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | LUGANO INNOVATION LAB |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Spazio 1929 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Ristorante Grand Cafe Al Porto |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Nespresso |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 64,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $79,609 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Digitec |
🏠 Apartment listings | Booking.com |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Swiss |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Swiss |
🏥 Best hospital | Allianz Worldwide Care |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $7,141 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,125 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $7,643 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,184 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,431 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,573 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,660 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $254 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $150 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $223 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $34 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $8 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $28,140 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $37 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $16 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 394° cold | 362° cold | 5010° cold | 5010° cold | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool | 5714° cool | 436° cold | 415° cold |
Real | 384° very cold | 362° very cold | 4910° cold | 5010° cold | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 7424° warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool | 5714° cool | 436° very cold | 415° very cold |
Humidity | nice 38% | nice 37% | too dry 29% | too dry 30% | nice 33% | nice 34% | nice 38% | nice 35% | nice 36% | nice 38% | nice 40% | nice 38% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain | rainy 69mm | rainy 74mm | dry 10mm | rainy 134mm | rainy 166mm | rainy 154mm | rainy 145mm | rainy 173mm | rainy 166mm | rainy 182mm | rainy 183mm | dry 34mm |
Cloud | pockets 32% | pockets 29% | pockets 18% | pockets 27% | pockets 34% | pockets 29% | pockets 31% | pockets 21% | pockets 28% | pockets 30% | pockets 33% | pockets 26% |
Air quality | clean 4 US AQI | clean 5 US AQI | clean 3 US AQI | clean 2 US AQI | clean 1 US AQI | clean 2 US AQI | clean 2 US AQI | clean 1 US AQI | clean 2 US AQI | clean 3 US AQI | clean 3 US AQI | clean 4 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 267 people | 0 people | 320 people | 233 people | 240 people | 533 people | 300 people | 333 people | 467 people | 300 people | 200 people |
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