⭐️ Total score |
2.22/5 (Rank #806)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,398 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 22°C72°F (feels 22°C72°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 60%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 87 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 112 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$66 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Tajikistan |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 22°C 72°F + 😊 Comfy (60%) = feels 22°C 72°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 87 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 112 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Rakhsh Taxi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 TJS in USD | USD 9.17 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | TJS 1,000 = USD 92 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Morning Star |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 770,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $796 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 94% 👱♀️ 6% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Tajik Air |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Tajik Air |
🏥 Best hospital | Prospekt Medical |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,398 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $845 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,732 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $495 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $971 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,141 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $382 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $45 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $37 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $107 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,767 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $4 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ 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 |
37
3° cold |
0° freezing |
50
10° cold |
54
12° cool |
72
22° mild |
70
21° mild |
79
26° warm |
77
25° warm |
64
18° cool |
61
16° cool |
41
5° cold |
43
6° cold |
Real |
37
3°
very cold |
32
0°
freezing |
50
10°
cold |
54
12°
cool |
71
22°
mild |
70
21°
mild |
84
29°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
64
18°
cool |
61
16°
cool |
41
5°
very cold |
42
6°
very cold |
Humidity |
too dry 30% |
too dry 27% |
nice 33% |
too dry 25% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 13% |
too dry 14% |
too dry 14% |
too dry 15% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 26% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 162mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 70mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 21mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 35mm |
Cloud |
pockets 11% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 22% |
clear 9% |
pockets 13% |
clear 9% |
clear 0% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 28% |
Air quality |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 112* US AQI |
bad 112* US AQI |
bad 112* US AQI |
bad 112* US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 127 US AQI |
bad 122 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 151 US AQI |
bad 129 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
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