⭐️ Total score | 1.95/5 (Rank #1205) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,885 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 42Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 A bit cold: 17°C63°F (feels 18°C64°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 40% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 25 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 42 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 17°C 63°F + 😊 Comfy (40%) = feels 18°C 64°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 25 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Bozeman Community Food Co-op |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 40,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Bozeman Deaconess Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,885 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,452 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,313 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,804 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,017 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,062 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,410 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $235 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $166 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $21 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 27-3° freezing | 28-2° freezing | 373° cold | 362° cold | 5412° cool | 5412° cool | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 5211° cool | 489° cold | 0° freezing | 25-4° freezing |
Real | 28-3° freezing | 28-2° freezing | 373° very cold | 362° very cold | 5312° cool | 5412° cool | 7323° mild | 7122° mild | 5211° cool | 479° cold | 320° freezing | 28-2° freezing |
Humidity | too dry 30% | nice 31% | too dry 28% | too dry 26% | too dry 29% | too dry 21% | too dry 18% | too dry 23% | too dry 17% | too dry 28% | too dry 26% | too dry 28% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain | dry 38mm | dry 39mm | dry 47mm | rainy 54mm | rainy 100mm | dry 13mm | dry 21mm | dry 42mm | dry 6mm | rainy 60mm | dry 28mm | dry 39mm |
Cloud | pockets 28% | pockets 42% | pockets 28% | pockets 29% | pockets 27% | pockets 13% | clear 9% | pockets 16% | pockets 11% | pockets 27% | pockets 30% | pockets 38% |
Air quality | clean 31 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 240 people | 400 people | 400 people | 200 people | 400 people | 300 people |
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