⭐️ Total score | 2.22/5 (Rank #1206) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,850 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 18Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 7°C44°F (feels 6°C43°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 87% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 3 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 35 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,354 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | United Kingdom |
⏱ Average trip length | 19 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 18 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 7°C 44°F + 💦 Damp (87%) = feels 6°C 43°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 3 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 35.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GBP 100 = USD 120 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | The Skiff |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | The Loop Brighton |
☕️ Best coffee place | Marwood Coffee Shop |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Moksha Caffe |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Buddies |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 160,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,249 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Rightmove |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Virgin Atlantic |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | British Airways |
🏥 Best hospital | The Montefiore |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,850 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,786 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $8,937 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,554 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,613 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,156 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,292 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $216 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $103 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $294 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $22 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $6,986 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $24,341 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $91,526 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 415° cold | 436° cold | 468° cold | 468° cold | 5412° cool | 6317° cool | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 6418° cool | 5714° cool | 5211° cool | 468° cold |
Real | 457° cold | 489° cold | 5010° cold | 5010° cold | 5513° cool | 6317° cool | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 6418° cool | 5915° cool | 5412° cool | 5010° cold |
Humidity | damp 86% | damp 85% | damp 82% | damp 74% | damp 85% | damp 89% | nice 88% | nice 85% | nice 83% | damp 82% | damp 82% | damp 89% |
Rain | rainy 112mm | rainy 65mm | dry 36mm | dry 10mm | rainy 90mm | rainy 92mm | rainy 77mm | dry 45mm | dry 39mm | rainy 139mm | dry 19mm | rainy 89mm |
Cloud | cloudy 83% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 63% | pockets 40% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 82% |
Air quality | clean 46 US AQI | okay 55 US AQI | okay 55 US AQI | okay 71 US AQI | okay 58 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 333 people | 260 people | 267 people | 360 people | 333 people | 400 people | 620 people | 644 people | 369 people | 343 people | 500 people | 400 people |
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