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| ⭐️ Total score | 235 reviews |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Kazakhstan |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 1°C 34°F + 💦 Damp (85%) = feels 1°C 34°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 21 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Kcell |
| 💸 1,000 KZT in USD | USD 2.29 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KZT 100,000 = USD 229 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Veloyedov |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Nedelka |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 15% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $7,705 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 41% 👱♀️ 59% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 🏠 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 | $1,226 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $709 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,386 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $396 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $217 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $101 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $714 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $33 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 137 listings) | $911 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $30 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomad List members go here
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 362° cold | 373° cold | 5211° cool | 6116° cool | 6820° mild | 7725° warm | 8429° warm | 8228° warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool | 415° cold | 373° cold |
| Real | 362° very cold | 373° very cold | 5211° cool | 6016° cool | 6619° mild | 7625° warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool | 415° very cold | 373° very cold |
| Humidity | nice 53% | nice 56% | nice 51% | nice 59% | nice 41% | nice 45% | nice 35% | nice 34% | nice 42% | nice 46% | nice 63% | nice 60% |
| Rain | dry 13mm | dry 14mm | dry 23mm | dry 47mm | dry 29mm | rainy 140mm | dry 25mm | dry 35mm | dry 43mm | dry 36mm | dry 23mm | dry 25mm |
| Cloud | pockets 44% | pockets 48% | pockets 36% | cloudy 57% | pockets 20% | pockets 49% | pockets 20% | pockets 13% | pockets 41% | pockets 42% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 75% |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 400 people | 400 people | 300 people | 333 people | 300 people | 300 people | 367 people | 240 people | 320 people | 250 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 11° 52° 11° 53°AQI 99😷✈️8h$2,908 / mo🌇 Also went here34 peopleI've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 8° 46° 9° 47°AQI 34✈️14h$4,715 / mo🌇 Also went here25 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
