⭐️ Total score | 2.96/5 (Rank #267) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,889 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 48Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 A bit cold: 16°C61°F (feels 15°C59°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 60% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 24 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 25 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 1 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 48 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 16°C 61°F + 😊 Comfy (60%) = feels 15°C 59°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 24 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 26 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Palace Coffee Company Amarillo |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 200,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Baptist St Anthony's Health System |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,889 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,851 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,331 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,237 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,677 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,872 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $892 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $79 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $61 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $6,398 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 436° cold | 436° cold | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 9535° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 8429° warm | 7222° mild | 6317° cool | 5714° cool |
Real | 468° cold | 468° cold | 5915° cool | 6519° mild | 7524° warm | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8329° very warm | 7222° mild | 6217° cool | 5915° cool |
Humidity | nice 50% | nice 55% | nice 48% | nice 39% | nice 68% | nice 59% | nice 61% | nice 51% | nice 47% | nice 45% | nice 40% | nice 33% |
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Rain | dry 22mm | dry 20mm | rainy 61mm | dry 16mm | rainy 88mm | rainy 69mm | rainy 74mm | dry 36mm | dry 16mm | dry 26mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm |
Cloud | pockets 33% | pockets 30% | pockets 27% | pockets 25% | cloudy 53% | pockets 31% | pockets 28% | pockets 29% | pockets 15% | pockets 14% | pockets 21% | pockets 19% |
Air quality | clean 16 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 300 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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