⭐️ Total score | 1.89/5 (Rank #1243) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,679 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 43Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 10°C50°F (feels 10°C50°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 70% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 29 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,069 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | France |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 43 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 10°C 50°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 10°C 50°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 30 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 107 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 5% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Le Barista Café |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 51,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $36,826 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | RyanAir |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air France |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,679 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,577 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,220 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,206 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $6,252 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,252 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $735 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $293 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $139 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $443 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $14 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $8 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $11,263 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $25 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 362° cold | 341° cold | 468° cold | 5211° cool | 5714° cool | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 5714° cool | 5513° cool | 415° cold | 373° cold |
Real | 352° very cold | 341° very cold | 468° cold | 5111° cool | 5614° cool | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 6720° mild | 5714° cool | 5513° cool | 415° very cold | 373° very cold |
Humidity | nice 42% | nice 39% | nice 35% | nice 33% | nice 39% | nice 38% | nice 39% | nice 37% | nice 39% | nice 37% | nice 41% | nice 42% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain | rainy 128mm | rainy 102mm | rainy 116mm | rainy 113mm | rainy 156mm | rainy 154mm | rainy 177mm | rainy 124mm | rainy 91mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 123mm | rainy 150mm |
Cloud | pockets 46% | pockets 41% | pockets 30% | pockets 28% | pockets 41% | pockets 34% | pockets 35% | pockets 23% | pockets 30% | pockets 28% | pockets 39% | pockets 41% |
Air quality | okay 58 US AQI | okay 64 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 250 people | 200 people | 350 people | 200 people | 250 people | 300 people | 200 people | 267 people | 467 people | 200 people | 300 people | 400 people |
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