⭐️ Total score | 2.5/5 (Rank #947) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,657 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 18Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 10°C50°F (feels 9°C48°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 95% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 Moderate: 78 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Okay |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $5,375 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Ireland |
⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 18 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 10°C 50°F + 💦 Damp (95%) = feels 9°C 48°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 78 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 109 |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Plus10 |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Copass |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cork Opera House |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | The Bookshelf Coffee House |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Café Eco |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $64,497 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 91% 👱♀️ 9% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Daft |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aer Lingus |
🏥 Best hospital | Mater Private Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,657 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,508 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $8,910 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,546 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,699 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,080 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,292 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $267 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $101 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $268 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $13,139 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $38,957 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $116,454 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good 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
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 415° cold | 436° cold | 489° cold | 5010° cold | 5211° cool | 6116° cool | 6619° mild | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 5915° cool | 5412° cool | 468° cold |
Real | 457° cold | 489° cold | 5010° cold | 5211° cool | 5412° cool | 6116° cool | 6619° mild | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 5915° cool | 5412° cool | 5010° cold |
Humidity | damp 81% | damp 84% | damp 83% | damp 76% | damp 84% | damp 81% | nice 84% | nice 85% | nice 88% | damp 87% | damp 85% | damp 87% |
Rain | rainy 101mm | rainy 213mm | dry 44mm | dry 32mm | rainy 162mm | dry 42mm | rainy 103mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 88mm | rainy 150mm | dry 29mm | rainy 131mm |
Cloud | cloudy 70% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 84% |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Remote workers | 233 people | 229 people | 250 people | 200 people | 200 people | 240 people | 280 people | 371 people | 320 people | 200 people | 200 people | 333 people |
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