⭐️ Total score | 2.37/5 (Rank #1288) |
👍 Quality of life score | Bad |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,808 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🤬 Unusably slow: 0.00Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 29°C85°F (feels 27°C81°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 22% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 70 US AQI |
👌 Safety | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $100 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Syria |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 29°C 85°F + 🌵 Too dry (22%) = feels 27°C 81°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 70 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Syriatel |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Pages Caffee |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,700,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,203 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Syria Air |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Syria Air |
🏥 Best hospital | Italian Hospital of Damascus |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,808 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $483 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $948 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $271 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $200 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $73 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,203 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $150 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.50 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $0.60 |
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ 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 | 5714° cool | 6317° cool | 6418° cool | 7725° warm | 8228° warm | 8429° warm | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 8429° warm | 7725° warm | 6820° mild | 5714° cool |
Real | 5714° cool | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 7826° warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 8429° very warm | 7725° warm | 6820° mild | 5714° cool |
Humidity | nice 64% | nice 57% | nice 49% | too dry 27% | too dry 21% | nice 30% | nice 32% | too dry 29% | nice 44% | nice 43% | nice 45% | nice 63% |
Rain | dry 30mm | dry 30mm | dry 18mm | dry 5mm | dry 2mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 7mm | dry 11mm | dry 27mm |
Cloud | pockets 40% | pockets 26% | pockets 20% | pockets 21% | clear 4% | clear 1% | clear 1% | clear 1% | clear 2% | pockets 10% | pockets 49% | cloudy 53% |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
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