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| ⭐️ Total score | 1 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ 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) | 🌤 25°C 77°F + 😊 Comfy (79%) = feels 25°C 77°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 46 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
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 | 23-5° freezing | 30-1° freezing | 415° cold | 5211° cool | 6116° cool | 6619° mild | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 6116° cool | 457° cold | 30-1° freezing |
| Real | 26-4° freezing | 32-0° freezing | 426° very cold | 5211° cool | 6016° cool | 6619° mild | 7524° warm | 7625° warm | 7021° mild | 5915° cool | 468° cold | 331° very cold |
| Humidity | nice 53% | nice 60% | nice 63% | nice 61% | damp 75% | nice 88% | nice 91% | nice 86% | nice 77% | nice 62% | nice 58% | nice 50% |
| Rain | dry 23mm | dry 13mm | dry 41mm | dry 20mm | rainy 58mm | rainy 97mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 414mm | rainy 55mm | dry 40mm | rainy 76mm | dry 12mm |
| Cloud | pockets 48% | pockets 43% | pockets 34% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 66% | pockets 39% | cloudy 52% | pockets 28% |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | safe 2 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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