⭐️ Total score | 0.5/5 (Rank #1306) |
👍 Quality of life score | Bad |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,402 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 15Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 A bit cold: 16°C60°F (feels 17°C63°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 83% |
👌 Safety | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $721 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Russia |
🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 15 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 16°C 60°F + 💦 Damp (83%) = feels 17°C 63°F |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Yandex Taxi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 RUB in USD | USD 1.06 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | RUB 10,000 = USD 106 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Золотая обезьяна |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍19% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 360,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,655 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 41% 👱♀️ 59% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 94% 👱♀️ 6% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Ozon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Avito |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Turkish Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,402 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $866 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,746 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $499 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $595 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $959 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $357 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $28 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $31 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $149 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $7 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,260 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Safe for women
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 489° cold | 457° cold | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 6418° cool | 7222° mild | 7725° warm | 7926° warm | 7222° mild | 6418° cool | 5714° cool | 5211° cool |
Real | 489° cold | 457° cold | 479° cold | 5412° cool | 6418° cool | 7122° mild | 7725° warm | 7826° warm | 7222° mild | 6418° cool | 5714° cool | 5111° cool |
Humidity | nice 32% | nice 37% | nice 36% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 43% | nice 38% | nice 39% | nice 37% | nice 36% | nice 35% | nice 34% |
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Rain | rainy 150mm | rainy 117mm | rainy 117mm | rainy 90mm | rainy 87mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 71mm | rainy 115mm | rainy 135mm | rainy 145mm | rainy 153mm |
Cloud | pockets 44% | pockets 45% | pockets 37% | pockets 42% | pockets 22% | pockets 24% | pockets 13% | pockets 19% | pockets 30% | pockets 24% | pockets 34% | pockets 40% |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 371 people | 467 people | 286 people | 240 people | 360 people | 333 people | 200 people | 314 people | 720 people | 760 people | 300 people | 433 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 63😷✈️4h$5,036 / mo🌇 Also went here33 people×I don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 43° 109° 36° 97°🥵AQI 79😷✈️9h$1,331 / mo🌇 Also went here49 people×Lived in Phuket for a year now. Amazing place, especially the Bang Tao area. The further you go up north, the more beautiful it gets. Amazing beaches, beach clubs, restaurants and people. Patong is nice for a few days, but if you're not into partying just stay away. A lot of police check on the roads around Patong (and accidents), so always bring your international license. You can make it as expensive (or cheap) as you want, if you eat local like I do a meal is around 60 - 120 baht. Stay away
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 85°🥵AQI 81😷✈️10h$1,219 / mo🌇 Also went here30 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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