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| ⭐️ Total score | 40 reviews |
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| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Kazakhstan |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ -11°C 11°F + 💦 Damp (84%) = feels -18°C 0°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 22 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 65 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 1,000 KZT in USD | USD 2.17 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KZT 100,000 = USD 217 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | http://multispace.kz/ |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | http://www.eagilik.com/ |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | http://hotel diplomat & business center |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | http://www.diplomathotel.kz/ |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 810,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $7,705 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | http://www.travelmob.com |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Astana |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Astana |
| 🏥 Best hospital | http://capital hostel astana |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,754 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,295 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,975 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $850 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,259 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,506 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $773 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $59 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $49 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $72 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ 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 | -2-19° freezing | 9-13° freezing | 18-8° freezing | 436° cold | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 8228° warm | 5513° cool | 415° cold | 21-6° freezing | 14-10° freezing |
| Real | 7-14° freezing | 18-8° freezing | 25-4° freezing | 468° cold | 7323° mild | 7122° mild | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 5614° cool | 457° cold | 28-3° freezing | 21-6° freezing |
| Humidity | nice 58% | nice 68% | damp 76% | nice 59% | nice 45% | nice 52% | nice 52% | nice 48% | nice 57% | nice 66% | nice 66% | nice 69% |
| Rain | dry 12mm | dry 34mm | dry 49mm | dry 11mm | dry 36mm | dry 38mm | dry 48mm | dry 14mm | rainy 52mm | dry 24mm | dry 50mm | dry 24mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 70% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 55% | pockets 34% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 63% | pockets 38% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 88% |
| Air quality | okay 89 US AQI | okay 87 US AQI | okay 76 US AQI | okay 88 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | okay 62 US AQI | okay 53 US AQI | okay 65 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | okay 84 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 267 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 400 people | 300 people | 300 people | 360 people | 1,000 people | 360 people | 267 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 87😷✈️7h$3,045 / mo🌇 Also went here17 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 3° 37° 5° 41°AQI 46✈️12h$6,186 / mo🌇 Also went here23 peopleHow did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 25✈️13h$7,169 / mo🌇 Also went here19 peopleI spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 53✈️14h$5,021 / mo🌇 Also went here19 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
