⭐️ Total score | 2.32/5 (Rank #1301) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,659 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 6Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 37°C98°F (feels 35°C95°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 15% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy : 164 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 20 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Low: $1,651 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Saudi Arabia |
⏱ Average trip length | 43 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 37°C 98°F + 🌵 Too dry (15%) = feels 35°C 95°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 164 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 20 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | STC |
💸 10 SAR in USD | USD 2.67 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SAR 1,000 = USD 267 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Dr Caffe Coffee |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Regus |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
📸 Visitors per year | 3,584,800 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 68,703 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 900,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $19,817 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | KLM |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
🏥 Best hospital | Arrawdha General Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,659 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $895 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,986 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $853 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $608 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $244 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,532 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $72 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 1 listings) | $503 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $16 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 8228° warm | 9133° hot | 10440° hot | 10641° scorching | 11747° scorching | 11345° scorching | 10440° hot | 9736° hot | 8228° warm | 7323° mild |
Real | 7222° mild | 7424° warm | 8429° very warm | 9535° hot | 10641° scorching | 10943° scorching | 11144° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10239° hot | 9334° hot | 8228° very warm | 7323° mild |
Humidity | nice 51% | nice 51% | nice 30% | too dry 20% | too dry 15% | too dry 12% | too dry 21% | too dry 22% | too dry 26% | nice 40% | nice 46% | nice 52% |
Rain | dry 1mm | dry 14mm | dry 1mm | dry 2mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 7mm |
Cloud | pockets 14% | pockets 18% | clear 7% | pockets 33% | clear 2% | clear 0% | pockets 19% | clear 4% | clear 5% | clear 0% | clear 7% | cloudy 60% |
Air quality | clean 9 US AQI | bad 329 US AQI | bad 329 US AQI | bad 329 US AQI | bad 329 US AQI | bad 329 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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