⭐️ Total score | 2.49/5 (Rank #267) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,409 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 9Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 26°C79°F (feels 27°C81°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 58% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 Moderate: 93 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 147 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Very bad |
💰 Income level* | Mediocre: $1,882 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Bahrain |
🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 26°C 79°F + 😊 Comfy (58%) = feels 27°C 81°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 93 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 147 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Careem |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BHD 100 = USD 265 |
💻 Best coworking space | RUKN |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Batelco |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Lilou |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | MAYAN Coffee Shop & Lounge |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 150,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $22,579 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 65% 👱♀️ 35% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Agoda |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Gulf Air |
🏥 Best hospital | The International Hospital of Bahrain |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,409 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,749 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,480 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $994 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,133 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,076 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $850 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $53 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $101 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $323 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | 0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $9,582 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $11 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $11 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 7222° mild | 7725° warm | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9736° hot | 9937° hot | 9032° hot | 8429° warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild |
Real | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 7222° mild | 7926° warm | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot | 8530° very warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild |
Humidity | nice 34% | nice 35% | nice 31% | too dry 29% | too dry 28% | too dry 30% | nice 33% | nice 32% | nice 31% | nice 34% | nice 31% | nice 33% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 1mm | dry 4mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 5mm |
Cloud | pockets 14% | pockets 14% | pockets 10% | pockets 18% | clear 7% | clear 6% | pockets 16% | clear 8% | pockets 11% | clear 7% | clear 9% | pockets 38% |
Air quality | bad 112 US AQI | bad 128 US AQI | bad 131 US AQI | bad 112 US AQI | bad 143 US AQI | bad 146 US AQI | bad 149 US AQI | bad 148 US AQI | bad 153 US AQI | bad 131 US AQI | bad 101 US AQI | bad 119 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 350 people | 320 people | 350 people | 280 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people | 267 people | 200 people | 233 people |
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