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| ⭐️ Total score | 223 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 💵 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 |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 27°C 80°F + 🥵 Sweaty (89%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 26 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz50Hz |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Koryolink |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Viennese Coffee Shops |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,600,000 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 | $1,891 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $931 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,284 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $653 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $250 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $360 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $485 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $23 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ 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
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ 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 |
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-8° freezing |
37
3° cold |
52
11° cool |
59
15° cool |
70
21° mild |
77
25° warm |
100
38° hot |
88
31° hot |
75
24° warm |
64
18° cool |
50
10° cold |
30
-1° freezing |
| Real |
23
-5°
freezing |
40
5°
very cold |
52
11°
cool |
59
15°
cool |
68
20°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
86
30°
very warm |
81
27°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
63
17°
cool |
50
10°
cold |
34
1°
very cold |
| Humidity |
nice 64% |
nice 61% |
nice 66% |
nice 54% |
nice 67% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 85% |
nice 77% |
nice 70% |
nice 70% |
nice 64% |
| Rain |
dry 15mm |
dry 6mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 121mm |
rainy 165mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 207mm |
rainy 157mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 71mm |
dry 16mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 38% |
pockets 25% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 31% |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
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avoid sun 6 UVI |
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safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
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Rome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
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