⭐️ Total score | 2.68/5 (Rank #648) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,386 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 55Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 6°C44°F (feels 4°C39°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 96% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 26 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 14 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Okay |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,538 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Germany |
⏱ Average trip length | 12 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 55 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 6°C 44°F + 💦 Damp (96%) = feels 4°C 39°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 26 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 14 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 109 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | The Coffee Store GmbH |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 330,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,456 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 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 | Lufthansa |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,386 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,890 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,298 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,228 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,990 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,406 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $860 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $93 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $46 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $433 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $14 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 0° freezing | 436° cold | 436° cold | 468° cold | 5412° cool | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 5513° cool | 457° cold | 373° cold |
Real | 373° very cold | 457° cold | 457° cold | 4910° cold | 5513° cool | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 5714° cool | 468° cold | 415° very cold |
Humidity | damp 85% | damp 80% | damp 77% | damp 72% | damp 79% | nice 78% | nice 81% | nice 82% | nice 79% | damp 80% | damp 83% | damp 85% |
Rain | rainy 105mm | rainy 78mm | rainy 65mm | dry 47mm | rainy 122mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 83mm | rainy 66mm | dry 48mm | rainy 55mm | dry 39mm | rainy 66mm |
Cloud | overcast 92% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 82% | overcast 91% |
Air quality | clean 14 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 13 US AQI | clean 13 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Remote workers | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 4° 39° 6° 43°AQI 13✈️16min$4,032 / mo51Mbps×Taxis in Istanbul are a big problem even for locals. Public transport is convenient and comfortable. If you need to call a taxi, I recommend using an app. "Bitaksi" can be used. Agree with the taxi driver using google translate and negotiate in advance if necessary. Always make public transportation your first choice. There are millions of refugees in this city against a registered population of 15 million. A significant number of asylum seekers do not have any registered documents and this cre
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 42✈️44min$5,458 / mo🌇 Also went here15 people×How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 10° 50° 11° 51°AQI 34✈️47min$5,279 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people×Extremely boring and uppity. Like others say, how on earth does everything close at 8pm? Even restaurants close their kitchen around 9pm ON WEEKENDS. The people really have this "arrogant, uppity" vibe that makes you want to leave ASAP. Yes, architecture is incredible. It's walkable, transportation works, etc. Incredibly expensive. I see no reason why would anyone choose Vienna to Budapest or Prague as their base. Good for 2-3 days trip, nothing else.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌦 Feels 6° 43° 9° 49°AQI 27✈️1h$5,428 / mo🌇 Also went here13 people×Beautiful old town and waterfront, but as soon as you leave them it becomes a post-Communist dump. I've had very good internet in airbnbs, and it's quite affordable if you live like a local.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 1✈️1h$3,343 / mo🌇 Also went here10 people×Nomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 53✈️2h$5,439 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people×Spent the month of September here and it was nice for the first 2 weeks. There are a lot of young people due to the multiple universities and you smell weed everywhere!!! There is also so much construction going on with the roads and buildings, so it’s best to walk and bike most places. The BIXI bike system is awesome! There are also a lot of homeless screaming at people randomly in the streets. Food and rent is expensive. The “European” vibe is isolated to a 3 street area, but the re
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -10° 14° -8° 18°AQI 44✈️8h$4,144 / mo🌇 Also went here14 people×Touristy circus of a place. Everyone is trying to rip you off... even as fluent Spanish speaker. Check out PV or anywhere west coast instead.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°🥵AQI 72✈️11h$2,758 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×Been there for a day as a day-trip from Cancun. It has some serious Canggu vibes, not gonna lie. Is a great spot to hang out for a couple of days, enjoy some parties and nice food. However you should bring some money as everything is tailored towards American tourists. Pros: - many food options - nice, chill vibe - obviously greata weather - nice beaches - great archaelogical zone Cons: - traffic is bad - super expensive - touristy
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 74✈️12h$3,572 / mo🌇 Also went here14 people×Bangkok is a really nice city. I lived 2 weeks in Bangkok and it was a good trip ! People are very nice, smiling and the cost is affordable. Some beautifuls temple, gardens, market etc. Chinatown is a place to visit, and Bangkok is globally clean !
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