⭐️ Total score | 2.28/5 (Rank #1170) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $6,662 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 82Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 8°C46°F (feels 6°C43°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 88% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 25 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 6 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Very bad |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,813 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Sprawling: 2k ppl/km² (25x25m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Netherlands |
⏱ Average trip length | 41 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 82 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 8°C 46°F + 💦 Damp (88%) = feels 6°C 43°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 6.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 110 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.5% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because Albert Heijn still doesn't accept CC) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Mockamore |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 200,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $45,753 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 25x25m (625m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Cool Blue |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
🏥 Best hospital | Flevoziekenhuis |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,662 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,978 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $7,497 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,142 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,092 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,436 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,500 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $98 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $80 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $464 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $47 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $7 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks 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 damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 362° cold | 415° cold | 436° cold | 468° cold | 5412° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 5714° cool | 489° cold | 394° cold |
Real | 415° very cold | 457° cold | 468° cold | 5010° cold | 5513° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 5915° cool | 5010° cold | 436° very cold |
Humidity | damp 78% | damp 78% | damp 76% | nice 67% | damp 77% | nice 75% | nice 81% | nice 78% | nice 79% | damp 79% | damp 81% | damp 82% |
Rain | rainy 87mm | rainy 60mm | rainy 61mm | rainy 52mm | rainy 117mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 68mm | dry 31mm | rainy 110mm | rainy 57mm | rainy 58mm |
Cloud | cloudy 86% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 89% |
Air quality | clean 17 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 13 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 7* US AQI | clean 7* US AQI | clean 7* US AQI | clean 7* US AQI | clean 7* US AQI | clean 7* US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 400 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 33° 91° 27° 81°🥵AQI 83😷✈️16h$2,065 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×What can I say that hasn't already been said? Canggu has so much energy and excitement. I think that's partly due to the cost of living plus the weather. People are very nice here but expect general life for the locals to revolve around tourism. You're not going to get an authentic Indonesian cultural experience. It's definitely not perfect and not an easy place to live but considering how cheap it is what can you expect? I think the pros outweigh the cons and cons are plentiful (dirty, cash soc
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