⭐️ Total score | 3.16/5 (Rank #517) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,985 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 53Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 A bit cold: 15°C60°F (feels 15°C59°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 74% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 39 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 33 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 53 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 15°C 60°F + 💦 Damp (74%) = feels 15°C 59°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 39 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 33 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Ohio City |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Downtown |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | AT&T |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Erie Island Coffee Company |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Phoenix Company |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Fuel Coffee Bar |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 390,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | ForRent |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | United |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
🏥 Best hospital | Hillcrest Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,985 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,173 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,618 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,320 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,010 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $100 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,445 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $208 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 72 listings) | $2,879 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $94 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 0° freezing | 21-6° freezing | 468° cold | 5412° cool | 6418° cool | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 7524° warm | 7021° mild | 436° cold | 394° cold |
Real | 362° very cold | 27-3° freezing | 489° cold | 5513° cool | 6317° cool | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 7424° warm | 6820° mild | 468° cold | 436° very cold |
Humidity | damp 75% | damp 72% | nice 58% | nice 59% | nice 62% | nice 69% | nice 73% | nice 74% | nice 64% | nice 76% | nice 65% | nice 69% |
Rain | dry 43mm | dry 46mm | dry 37mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 81mm | rainy 75mm | rainy 106mm | rainy 86mm | rainy 68mm | rainy 127mm | rainy 89mm | rainy 91mm |
Cloud | cloudy 89% | cloudy 75% | pockets 32% | pockets 48% | pockets 46% | pockets 42% | pockets 45% | pockets 31% | pockets 36% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 81% |
Air quality | clean 32 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 229 people | 300 people | 240 people | 333 people | 450 people | 286 people | 360 people | 400 people | 267 people | 243 people | 400 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 37✈️12min$3,626 / mo49Mbps×All in, Austin is a good city. We live in Hill Country now so we're a bit removed. But it's beautiful area once you get away from the highways. A good tech scene. Not too expensive (~$2100 for a nice 2 bedroom apt) for the U.S. Has wineries and breweries galore. Not a great place if you are a recovering alcoholic (!). Cons: extremely hot in the summer; reaches 110 F (43.3 C) in summer afternoons from June - September. Not very diverse. Highways are loud and obnoxious.
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