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| ⭐️ Overall score | 185 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | North Korea |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 19°C 67°F + 😊 Comfy (76%) = feels 19°C 66°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 63 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz50Hz |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Koryolink |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 610,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $1,300 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Korea DPR |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Koryo |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Koryo |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,177 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $611 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,510 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $431 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $150 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $360 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,378 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $65 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ 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 | 27-3° freezing | 30-1° freezing | 415° cold | 5412° cool | 6418° cool | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 7222° mild | 6116° cool | 457° cold | 0° freezing |
| Real | 30-1° freezing | 331° very cold | 436° very cold | 5312° cool | 6317° cool | 6720° mild | 7323° mild | 7625° warm | 7122° mild | 5915° cool | 457° cold | 341° very cold |
| Humidity | nice 44% | nice 49% | nice 50% | nice 51% | nice 61% | nice 79% | nice 86% | nice 82% | nice 68% | nice 56% | nice 47% | nice 49% |
| Rain | dry 1mm | dry 3mm | dry 6mm | dry 6mm | dry 8mm | rainy 106mm | dry 39mm | dry 50mm | dry 13mm | dry 9mm | dry 8mm | dry 9mm |
| Cloud | clear 9% | pockets 21% | pockets 35% | pockets 39% | pockets 43% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 61% | pockets 30% | pockets 30% | pockets 34% | pockets 37% |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 3 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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