⭐️ Total score | 2.17/5 (Rank #909) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,218 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 27Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 12°C54°F (feels 12°C54°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 45% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 30 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 56 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Bad |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,220 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Japan |
🗓️ Average trip length | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 27 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 12°C 54°F + 😊 Comfy (45%) = feels 12°C 54°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 56 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Line Taxi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.61 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 66 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
☕️ Best coffee place | Tully's Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,700,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 93% 👱♀️ 7% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | All Nippon Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Japan Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,218 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,100 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,962 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,132 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,253 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,852 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $955 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $106 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $126 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $403 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $13,213 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $9 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
❌ Too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 457° cold | 5010° cold | 6116° cool | 6116° cool | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 8228° warm | 8429° warm | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 6317° cool | 5211° cool |
Real | 468° cold | 5111° cool | 6016° cool | 6116° cool | 7122° mild | 7524° warm | 8329° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7323° mild | 6820° mild | 6116° cool | 5312° cool |
Humidity | too dry 28% | too dry 25% | nice 31% | too dry 29% | nice 35% | nice 37% | nice 40% | nice 38% | nice 37% | nice 36% | too dry 30% | too dry 29% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | rainy 71mm | rainy 81mm | rainy 132mm | rainy 83mm | rainy 103mm | rainy 119mm | rainy 172mm | rainy 150mm | rainy 125mm | rainy 148mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 69mm |
Cloud | pockets 24% | pockets 22% | pockets 45% | pockets 42% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 60% | pockets 49% | pockets 48% | cloudy 58% | pockets 42% | pockets 32% | pockets 24% |
Air quality | okay 50 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 59 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 57 US AQI | okay 58 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 54 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | okay 57 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 300 people | 267 people | 300 people | 240 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 400 people | 333 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 38° 100° 31° 87°🥵✈️7h$4,483 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×Can’t recommend Ubud. It’s just the same overdeveloped and overpriced mentally isolated tourist trap that is Canggu, just a bit worse. If you have never been anywhere else, it might be okay for 2 weeks, but to any seasoned traveller it’s a the type of place you dread.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 9° 48° 10° 51°AQI 38✈️12h$6,231 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×Athens is a fantastic city. Locals are friendly and food is fantastic. There isn't a huge amount to do, but for a short stay it's definitely worth the visit.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 13° 55° 14° 58°AQI 32✈️14h$5,078 / mo🌇 Also went here10 people×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°✈️15h$6,505 / mo🌇 Also went here10 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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