⭐️ Total score | 3.17/5 (Rank #499) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,046 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 3Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 21°C70°F (feels 21°C70°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 58% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 34 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 72 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $92 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Kyrgyzstan |
⏱ Average trip length | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 21°C 70°F + 😊 Comfy (58%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 34 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 72 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Megacom |
💸 100 KGS in USD | USD 1.25 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KGS 10,000 = USD 125 |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 960,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,100 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 43% 👱♀️ 57% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Turkish |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Turkish |
🏥 Best hospital | 5 |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,046 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $695 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $993 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $284 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $250 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $51 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $757 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $35 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 179 listings) | $1,413 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $46 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $0 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 28-2° freezing | 436° cold | 457° cold | 5915° cool | 7222° mild | 8127° warm | 8630° warm | 8228° warm | 7725° warm | 5513° cool | 457° cold | 457° cold |
Real | 28-2° freezing | 436° very cold | 468° cold | 5815° cool | 7222° mild | 8127° warm | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm | 7826° warm | 5513° cool | 457° cold | 457° cold |
Humidity | nice 49% | nice 59% | nice 64% | nice 54% | nice 49% | nice 35% | nice 31% | nice 30% | too dry 26% | nice 47% | nice 51% | nice 50% |
Rain | dry 27mm | dry 48mm | rainy 114mm | rainy 73mm | rainy 53mm | dry 31mm | dry 31mm | dry 31mm | dry 45mm | rainy 62mm | dry 44mm | dry 25mm |
Cloud | cloudy 57% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 82% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 53% | pockets 27% | cloudy 67% | pockets 43% | cloudy 79% |
Air quality | bad 136 US AQI | bad 111 US AQI | bad 104 US AQI | okay 69 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 62 US AQI | okay 76 US AQI | okay 73 US AQI | okay 72 US AQI | okay 78 US AQI | bad 142 US AQI | bad 107 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 320 people | 433 people | 280 people | 250 people | 200 people |
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