⭐️ Total score | 2.87/5 (Rank #370) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,274 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 28Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 1°C34°F (feels -1°C30°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 46% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 63 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😐 Moderate: 78 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | High: $2,315 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | South Korea |
⏱ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 28 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 1°C 34°F + 😊 Comfy (46%) = feels -1°C 30°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 63 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 78.25 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10,000 KRW in USD | USD 8.13 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KRW 100,000 = USD 81 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Bene |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $27,785 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
💻 Online electronics shop | Gmarket |
🏠 Apartment listings | Stayes |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jeju Air |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Korean Air |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,274 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,438 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,431 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $980 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,656 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,710 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $641 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $78 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $56 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $146 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 341° cold | 457° cold | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 7021° mild | 8228° warm | 10239° hot | 9133° hot | 7524° warm | 6418° cool | 5714° cool | 457° cold |
Real | 362° very cold | 468° cold | 5714° cool | 6317° cool | 7021° mild | 7926° warm | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7524° warm | 6418° cool | 5614° cool | 457° cold |
Humidity | nice 57% | nice 57% | nice 70% | nice 54% | nice 66% | nice 77% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 86% | nice 82% | nice 75% | nice 70% | nice 64% |
Rain | dry 16mm | dry 24mm | rainy 109mm | rainy 61mm | rainy 114mm | rainy 97mm | rainy 267mm | rainy 238mm | rainy 129mm | rainy 60mm | rainy 68mm | dry 2mm |
Cloud | pockets 48% | pockets 37% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 50% | pockets 46% | pockets 28% |
Air quality | bad 107 US AQI | bad 104 US AQI | bad 103 US AQI | okay 85 US AQI | okay 92 US AQI | okay 86 US AQI | okay 72 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | okay 64 US AQI | okay 74 US AQI | bad 112 US AQI | bad 107 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 300 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -4° 25° -2° 29°AQI 55✈️19min$3,047 / mo20Mbps×I work in Fukuoka and all I can say is that it's a fantastic city. As a disclaimer I happen to be close to fluent in Japanese, and as the metrics here would indicate speaking next to no Japanese might be somewhat difficult, but it's certainly still livable (tons of signage is in English, and there is information on places to go and see in English as well). Also it feels a tad more unexposed in comparison to some of the more major cities, though Fukuoka has a pretty large population at about 1.6
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety greatTap to open🌤 Feels -1° 30° 3° 37°AQI 32✈️26min$2,373 / mo24Mbps×Seoul has many good things in every perspective. Safety! IT infra! Food! many shops until night, Super fast Delivery, Kind and fast service, Hip places opens in every minute, Kind & Educated people(Education in Seoul is crazy, almost social issue), and even nature everywhere(huge river, mountains are in the city, you can easily find mountains to climb)
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -4° 25° -2° 29°AQI 55✈️19min$3,047 / mo20Mbps×Great place if you like Korean cuisine and fresh fish in general. Haedong Yonggungsa seaside temple is the absolute highlight. Locals are helpful, too bad 8/10 won't speak english. Young people included! Remember: Uber, Grab, Google Maps won't work in Korea, in favour of Kakao app which is pure garbage and all in Korean. And by the way pornography is illegal.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 2° 36° 4° 39°AQI 58✈️2h$2,777 / mo1Mbps×Seoul has many good things in every perspective. Safety! IT infra! Food! many shops until night, Super fast Delivery, Kind and fast service, Hip places opens in every minute, Kind & Educated people(Education in Seoul is crazy, almost social issue), and even nature everywhere(huge river, mountains are in the city, you can easily find mountains to climb)
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌤 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 53✈️2h$3,046 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×I really liked Chiang Mai but I can't put my finger on why. I'll try to remain unbiased so here goes. Chiang Mai is a dirty place with horrible pollution levels. English speaking is okay. I did really enjoy a balance of simple, risk-free living at low cost and acceptable quality of living. Many places only accept cash but plenty accept card. There's lots to do and it's fun exploring on a moped/motorbike. It feels as easy as Canggu with more modern appointments to get by as a westerner a bit easi
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 139😷✈️5h$1,373 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×Bangkok is a really nice city. I lived 2 weeks in Bangkok and it was a good trip ! People are very nice, smiling and the cost is affordable. Some beautifuls temple, gardens, market etc. Chinatown is a place to visit, and Bangkok is globally clean !
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 28° 82° 28° 82°AQI 85😷✈️5h$2,209 / mo🌇 Also went here10 people×Not gonna lie, I was pretty curious and kinda hyped before I came to Singapore. However, within 24 hours all of my curiosity turned into disappointment. Yes, Singapore is clean by any standards but especially by Asian standards. And yes, you have shopping malls, fancy skyscrapers and free toilets everywhere. But beside from that Singapore is boring and has no soul. It just seems like Singapore tries to copy interesting parts of other countries and their nature. Take Cloud Forest for example wh
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 33° 91° 28° 82°🥵AQI 9✈️6h$5,539 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×What can I say that hasn't already been said? Canggu has so much energy and excitement. I think that's partly due to the cost of living plus the weather. People are very nice here but expect general life for the locals to revolve around tourism. You're not going to get an authentic Indonesian cultural experience. It's definitely not perfect and not an easy place to live but considering how cheap it is what can you expect? I think the pros outweigh the cons and cons are plentiful (dirty, cash soc
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 34° 93° 28° 82°🥵AQI 102😷✈️7h$1,948 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×I've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels -1° 30° 1° 35°AQI 26✈️11h$3,747 / mo🌇 Also went here8 people×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 5° 41° 5° 41°AQI 24✈️12h$6,161 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×Beautiful old town and waterfront, but as soon as you leave them it becomes a post-Communist dump. I've had very good internet in airbnbs, and it's quite affordable if you live like a local.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 8° 46° 9° 48°AQI 1✈️12h$3,342 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 6° 43° 6° 43°AQI 34✈️12h$5,149 / mo🌇 Also went here13 people×Nomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌦 Feels 7° 45° 8° 47°AQI 38✈️13h$4,857 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×