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| ⭐️ Total score | 133 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | New Zealand |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 9 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 31 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 12°C 53°F + 💦 Damp (85%) = feels 12°C 54°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 20 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 NZD in USD | USD 6.15 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NZD 100 = USD 62 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | C-Lab |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Ministryofawesome |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 370,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,233 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jetstar |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,460 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,142 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,781 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,366 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,705 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,095 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,000 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $80 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $69 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $425 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $14 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $8,206 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $13 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ 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
❌ Too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Very damp now
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 5714° cool | 5412° cool | 5211° cool | 5211° cool | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6116° cool | 6317° cool |
| Real | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 6418° cool | 6317° cool | 5714° cool | 5412° cool | 5211° cool | 5412° cool | 5513° cool | 5915° cool | 6116° cool | 6317° cool |
| Humidity | nice 71% | nice 71% | nice 70% | nice 70% | damp 71% | damp 79% | damp 72% | nice 70% | nice 65% | damp 75% | damp 74% | damp 79% |
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| Rain | dry 32mm | dry 8mm | dry 17mm | dry 35mm | rainy 110mm | rainy 55mm | dry 29mm | rainy 65mm | dry 35mm | rainy 56mm | dry 39mm | rainy 118mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 67% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 68% | pockets 43% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 85% |
| Air quality | clean 23 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 57 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 489 people | 378 people | 489 people | 300 people | 240 people | 275 people | 200 people | 343 people | 229 people | 280 people | 457 people | 431 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 35° 95° 32° 90°🥵AQI 151😷✈️13h$1,410 / mo🌇 Also went here89 peopleChiang Mai has had a deep Buddhist influence running over the last 1,000 years and this can be felt in the helpfulness, patience and generosity of the Thai and long-term transplants you come across. The city has an active community scene (nomads, spiritual seekers, hikers, creatives), several mountains with hiking spots and waterfalls surrounding the city, over 20 water bodies inside the city -- many have cafes and walks around, several public parks, and over 13 national parks with campgrounds w
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels -2° 28° 0° 32°AQI 117😷✈️24h$2,568 / mo🌇 Also went here62 peopleI've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 1° 34° 3° 38°AQI 1✈️25h$5,628 / mo🌇 Also went here75 peopleI find it difficult to understand what people see in this city. The cost to benefit ratio is just so terribly bad! This is by far the most expensive city in Europe (especially in terms of rent), with hardly anything to offer in comparision with other cities like Barcelona, Lisbon or Warsaw. The weather is just average, with cold and windy winters and mediocre summers. It's difficult to come by restaurants that offer anything other than Indian fast food for a decent price - most places are just u
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 2° 36° 4° 38°AQI 65😷✈️25h$6,009 / mo🌇 Also went here73 peopleI have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 4° 39° 6° 43°AQI 97😷✈️25h$5,069 / mo🌇 Also went here63 peoplePros: Weather is great and apartments are excellent. Cons: City is dirty including the beaches. Locals are extremely hostile, unfriendly and confrontational. There isn't a huge amount of good things to do in the city - most things are mediocre. People constantly bash into you in the street. Food and coffee is very average. Crime is awful - my apartment was broken into and my suitcase got stolen from the baggage belt at the airport. Air quality is terrible.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 53😷✈️26h$3,827 / mo🌇 Also went here64 peopleOnce you figure out housing (not an easy thing but doable, especially once you stop looking in the touristic areas), Lisbon is a very charming, safe (even though I'll admit this is getting worse in certain areas), and fun city to live in. In most neighbourhoods you have the feeling of living in a small town instead of an urban area. There's aways something to do or see so it's hard to be bored living here. I still find Lisbon (and Portugal in general), to be one of the most attractive places in
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