⭐️ Total score | 3.18/5 (Rank #479) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,216 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 3Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 28°C82°F (feels 30°C86°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 67% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 34 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $324 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (16x16m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Azerbaijan |
⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 28°C 82°F + 😊 Comfy (67%) = feels 30°C 86°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 34 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Azercell |
💸 10 AZN in USD | USD 5.88 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | AZN 1,000 = USD 588 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe City |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,200,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,892 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 16x16m (256m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Azerbaijan Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Azerbaijan Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | International SOS Baku |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,216 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $777 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,683 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $481 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $324 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $136 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $644 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 273 listings) | $1,133 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $37 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.24 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 415° cold | 457° cold | 468° cold | 6116° cool | 7323° mild | 8429° warm | 9133° hot | 9937° hot | 8228° warm | 6418° cool | 5412° cool | 5010° cold |
Real | 468° cold | 489° cold | 5010° cold | 6217° cool | 7323° mild | 8127° warm | 8630° very warm | 9032° hot | 7926° warm | 6418° cool | 5614° cool | 5211° cool |
Humidity | damp 76% | damp 74% | damp 75% | nice 68% | nice 68% | nice 65% | nice 62% | nice 56% | nice 64% | nice 71% | nice 69% | damp 75% |
Rain | dry 21mm | dry 18mm | dry 26mm | dry 4mm | dry 19mm | dry 1mm | dry 3mm | dry 2mm | dry 29mm | dry 21mm | dry 7mm | dry 22mm |
Cloud | cloudy 59% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 70% | pockets 44% | pockets 29% | clear 8% | pockets 27% | pockets 29% | pockets 34% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 58% |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 267 people | 267 people | 300 people | 400 people | 467 people | 300 people | 400 people | 450 people | 250 people | 450 people | 200 people | 267 people |
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