⭐️ Total score | 3.07/5 (Rank #205) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,923 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 43Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 5°C40°F (feels 4°C39°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 79% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 10 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 12 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Low: $787 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Romania |
⏱ Average trip length | 77 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 43 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 5°C 40°F + 💦 Damp (79%) = feels 4°C 39°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 10 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 12 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10 RON in USD | USD 2.17 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | RON 1,000 = USD 217 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | House of Irish |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 270,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $9,439 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Emag |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | TAROM |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Wizz Air |
🏥 Best hospital | Carmen |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,923 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $912 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,521 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $435 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,691 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,568 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $274 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $79 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $51 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $263 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $6,514 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $7 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 373° cold | 457° cold | 468° cold | 5513° cool | 7021° mild | 7725° warm | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 7524° warm | 5513° cool | 5010° cold | 394° cold |
Real | 415° very cold | 457° cold | 479° cold | 5513° cool | 6921° mild | 7725° warm | 8731° hot | 8731° hot | 7524° warm | 5614° cool | 5111° cool | 426° very cold |
Humidity | nice 39% | nice 37% | nice 33% | nice 31% | nice 31% | nice 36% | too dry 27% | too dry 23% | too dry 25% | nice 34% | nice 38% | nice 40% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | rainy 54mm | dry 7mm | dry 33mm | dry 18mm | dry 31mm | dry 27mm | dry 18mm | dry 11mm | dry 2mm | dry 33mm | dry 9mm | dry 30mm |
Cloud | pockets 43% | pockets 33% | pockets 36% | pockets 40% | pockets 37% | pockets 35% | pockets 22% | pockets 22% | pockets 26% | pockets 40% | pockets 44% | pockets 49% |
Air quality | clean 27 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 9 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI | bad 421 US AQI | clean 10 US AQI | clean 10 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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