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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 231 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | United Arab Emirates |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 36°C 96°F + Not humid (57%) = feels 47°C 117°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 110 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 190 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Du |
| 💸 10 AED in USD | USD 2.72 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | AED 1,000 = USD 272 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caribou |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 2,182,900 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 41,835 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 610,000 people |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 73% 👱♀️ 27% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Souq |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Etihad |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Etihad |
| 🏥 Best hospital | American European Medical Centre |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,927 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,671 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,733 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,924 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,525 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $299 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $2,384 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $112 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (42 listings) | $2,323 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $76 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $14 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $5 |
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| Real | 7725° warm | 7424° warm | 7725° warm | 8228° very warm | 9133° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot | 8228° very warm | 7725° warm |
| Humidity | nice 55% | nice 51% | nice 52% | nice 51% | nice 52% | nice 55% | nice 59% | nice 59% | nice 61% | nice 59% | nice 54% | nice 57% |
| Rain | dry 0mm | dry 3mm | dry 6mm | dry 6mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 6mm | dry 8mm |
| Cloud | pockets 16% | pockets 16% | pockets 15% | pockets 24% | clear 3% | pockets 10% | pockets 11% | pockets 14% | pockets 21% | clear 0% | pockets 14% | clear 9% |
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✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Not many members go here
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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