⭐️ Total score | 2.06/5 (Rank #1254) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $12,328 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🤬 Unusably slow: 0.50Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Freezing : -30°C-22°F (feels -42°C-44°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 87% |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $0 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Antarctica |
🚩 Country | Antarctica |
⏱ Average trip length | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 0.5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ -30°C -22°F + 💦 Damp (87%) = feels -42°C -44°F |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 200 people |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | USAF |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | USAF |
🏥 Best hospital | McMurdo General Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $12,328 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $6,206 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $13,386 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $3,825 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $10,675 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $3,000 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $500 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $500 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $18 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $7 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $12 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $10 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Cold all year round
❌ Very damp now
❌ Hospitals are bad
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | -31-35° freezing | -53-47° freezing | -58-50° freezing | -80-62° freezing | -87-66° freezing | -94-70° freezing | -94-70° freezing | -105-76° freezing | -90-68° freezing | -83-64° freezing | -54-48° freezing | -27-33° freezing |
Real | -15-26° freezing | -32-36° freezing | -36-38° freezing | -51-46° freezing | -56-49° freezing | -63-53° freezing | -62-52° freezing | -71-57° freezing | -60-51° freezing | -56-49° freezing | -34-37° freezing | -11-24° freezing |
Humidity | damp 71% | nice 48% | nice 47% | too dry 29% | too dry 23% | too dry 10% | too dry 11% | too dry 5% | too dry 15% | too dry 25% | nice 55% | nice 66% |
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Rain | dry 5mm | dry 1mm | dry 9mm | dry 5mm | dry 6mm | dry 4mm | dry 3mm | dry 0mm | dry 2mm | dry 0mm | dry 3mm | dry 6mm |
Cloud | pockets 22% | pockets 38% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 73% | pockets 45% | pockets 33% | cloudy 68% |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 300 people | 467 people |
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