⭐️ Total score |
0.5/5 (Rank #1344)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,752 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 18Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F (feels 35°C95°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 72%
|
👌 Safety |
🧨 Conflict / political instability*
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
🧨 Conflict / political instability*
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Great
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$721 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Bad |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Russia |
🗓️ Average trip length | 37 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 18 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (72%) = feels 35°C 95°F
|
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Yandex Taxi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 RUB in USD | USD 1.16 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | RUB 10,000 = USD 116 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Boulanger Coffee House |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 540,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,655 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 43% 👱♀️ 57% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Ozon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Avito |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | UTair Aviation |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aeroflot |
🏥 Best hospital | Partners in Health |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,752 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,163 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,670 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $477 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $648 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,316 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $283 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $76 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $162 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $5,234 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
-9
-23° freezing |
-0
-18° freezing |
19
-7° freezing |
36
2° cold |
55
13° cool |
63
17° cool |
70
21° mild |
66
19° mild |
50
10° cold |
37
3° cold |
18
-8° freezing |
7
-14° freezing |
Real |
-3
-20°
freezing |
5
-15°
freezing |
24
-5°
freezing |
36
2°
very cold |
55
13°
cool |
63
17°
cool |
69
21°
mild |
65
19°
mild |
50
10°
cold |
38
4°
very cold |
23
-5°
freezing |
12
-11°
freezing |
Humidity |
nice 33% |
nice 35% |
nice 43% |
nice 40% |
too dry 28% |
nice 34% |
nice 36% |
nice 38% |
nice 40% |
nice 38% |
nice 43% |
nice 42% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 36mm |
dry 30mm |
dry 33mm |
dry 40mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 57mm |
dry 32mm |
rainy 61mm |
dry 48mm |
Cloud |
pockets 45% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 48% |
Remote workers | 233 people | 400 people | 400 people | 200 people | 333 people | 200 people | 233 people | 229 people | 200 people | 333 people | 267 people | 280 people |
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