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| ⭐️ Total score | 717 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 87 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 16°C 61°F + 💦 Damp (76%) = feels 16°C 61°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 29 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 71 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Tsing Yi South |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Sam Shing |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 HKD in USD | USD 1.28 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | HKD 1,000 = USD 128 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | CoCoon |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | The Hive |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | McCafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍15% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 25,695,800 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 492,459 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $43,943 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Square Foot |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Hong Kong Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hong Kong Central Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,859 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,573 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $15,770 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $4,506 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,881 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,349 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $4,812 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $88 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $44 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $240 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $4,321 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $12,821 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $37,500 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
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| Feels |
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21° mild |
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| Humidity |
nice 66% |
nice 81% |
nice 87% |
nice 88% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 70% |
nice 77% |
| Rain |
dry 3mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 41mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 359mm |
rainy 223mm |
rainy 264mm |
rainy 99mm |
rainy 347mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 42mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 41% |
pockets 28% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 72% |
overcast 95% |
cloudy 75% |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 59% |
| Air quality |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
okay 75 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 71 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
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avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
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avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,729 people | 871 people | 1,356 people | 1,643 people | 1,165 people | 1,236 people | 941 people | 882 people | 1,350 people | 1,365 people | 1,729 people | 1,139 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59° AQI 21 🚕1h $3,289 / mo 1 Mbps
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 11° 52° 12° 53° AQI 21 ✈️10min $1,980 / mo
Pretty much near impossible to get by if English is your only language. Couldn't get a Chinese SIM. Experienced Racism in bars / clubs as the only Westerners in there. Bar staff disinterested to serve us and looking down on us. Beautiful skyline very impressive modern architecture but generally a nightmare getting around if you don't speak any Chinese. Wouldn't go again
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 11° 52° 12° 53° AQI 17 ✈️11min $1,688 / mo
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 10° 50° 11° 52° AQI 17 ✈️12min $3,072 / mo 1 Mbps
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 12° 54° 13° 55° AQI 17 ✈️33min $1,290 / mo
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 !
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 61 ✈️2h $2,081 / mo 17 Mbps
I love Chiang Mai for obvious reasons: Cheap, culture, food, and great people. Love it! :) My only con: It's super hot and humid. I can't deal with that amount of humidity personally. Maybe something to look out for people who can't do well with high humidity level. For me: Great for 1-3 months but not the whole year.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 30° 86° 26° 79° 🥵 AQI 30 ✈️2h $1,310 / mo 17 Mbps
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59° AQI 21 🚕1h $3,289 / mo 1 Mbps
Definitely check out The Key (on near Zhong Xiao Dun Hua station) if living here for more than a month. Cafe + Gym + Bar all in one, monthly membership about $50 USD. English-friendly, no contracts. Made my 3 month stay here immensely better with fast wifi in the cafe and it's a great feeling to be able to work out immediately after working.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67° AQI 14 ✈️1h $3,019 / mo 24 Mbps
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 10° 50° 11° 52° AQI 9 ✈️4h $4,333 / mo 27 Mbps
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
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I liked Ho Chi Minh City a lot. It has all of the convivences one could expect from the city except for an MRT system which as of September 2022, they are in the middle of building one anyway. Things are affordable although I have noticed a tamer street food scene compared to other places in Vietnam like Hanoi. Seems to be making more room for higher end dining but affordability is still easy. HCMC without a doubt has some great nightlife, so party animals are going to be very happy here. I am s
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 35 ✈️2h $1,325 / mo 8 Mbps
Shanghai is a giant city and your experience really depends on a few factors like: 1) where you live in the city 2) do you speak basic Mandarin 3) do you make nice money 4) do you have to use the internet If you can afford to live in Jing'an or the French Concession, you can live a fashionable metropolitan lifestyle like you would in New York City. There's amazing food (Asian, Western and fusion). You'll be surrounded by entrepreneurs, artists, fashion designers and models. Many of whom d
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 10° 50° 10° 49° AQI 63 ✈️2h $3,348 / mo 1 Mbps
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)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 1° 34° 1° 33° AQI 25 ✈️3h $3,038 / mo 20 Mbps
Pretty much near impossible to get by if English is your only language. Couldn't get a Chinese SIM. Experienced Racism in bars / clubs as the only Westerners in there. Bar staff disinterested to serve us and looking down on us. Beautiful skyline very impressive modern architecture but generally a nightmare getting around if you don't speak any Chinese. Wouldn't go again
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 11° 52° 12° 53° AQI 17 ✈️11min $1,688 / mo
Hanoi feels more like a "large village" than a proper city. It's also what I call "unapologetically Vietnamese" given the way most places and shops are occupied and used by locals. English penetration isn't bad, but maybe because I speak Vietnamese I never had much of a problem in Hanoi. Prices for coffee, juice, smoothies, and food are insanely affordable. I wouldn't say the locals are "friendly to a fault" and mostly have left me alone. Yes, the old town city center is dirty, garbage on the
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57° AQI 50 ✈️1h $1,113 / mo 5 Mbps
I liked Ho Chi Minh City a lot. It has all of the convivences one could expect from the city except for an MRT system which as of September 2022, they are in the middle of building one anyway. Things are affordable although I have noticed a tamer street food scene compared to other places in Vietnam like Hanoi. Seems to be making more room for higher end dining but affordability is still easy. HCMC without a doubt has some great nightlife, so party animals are going to be very happy here. I am s
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 35 ✈️2h $1,325 / mo 🌇 Also went here442 people
I love Chiang Mai for obvious reasons: Cheap, culture, food, and great people. Love it! :) My only con: It's super hot and humid. I can't deal with that amount of humidity personally. Maybe something to look out for people who can't do well with high humidity level. For me: Great for 1-3 months but not the whole year.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 30° 86° 26° 79° 🥵 AQI 30 ✈️2h $1,310 / mo 🌇 Also went here506 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 !
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 61 ✈️2h $2,081 / mo 🌇 Also went here796 people
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)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 1° 34° 1° 33° AQI 25 ✈️3h $3,038 / mo 🌇 Also went here439 people
Just arrived in KL, we are 30/35yrs+, a married couple and digital nomads, and wow.. What a city! This is the New York City of Asia. These appartments are epic. Grand views, very affordable, luxurious! You would pay 10-fold for the same deal in NYC or Tokyo or Dubai. And the food is fantastic. Indian, Malay, Indo, Chinese, American, European. The world is here!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 33° 91° 27° 81° 🥵 AQI 58 ✈️3h $1,752 / mo 🌇 Also went here497 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82° 🥵 AQI 17 ✈️3h $5,712 / mo 🌇 Also went here666 people
Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 10° 50° 11° 52° AQI 9 ✈️4h $4,333 / mo 🌇 Also went here564 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels -1° 30° 1° 35° AQI 26 ✈️12h $4,034 / mo 🌇 Also went here490 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️12h $6,809 / mo 🌇 Also went here498 people
How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 7° 45° 8° 46° AQI 65 ✈️13h $5,817 / mo 🌇 Also went here607 people
Lived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 3° 37° 5° 41° AQI 75 ✈️13h $5,584 / mo 🌇 Also went here543 people
One of the best cities in Europe. Beautiful, wide streets, perfect weather. Huge tech scene & everything you can imagine. Food is next level. You can take the train and in 20 mins you will be in a nice uncrowded beach. The airport is a massive hub to go anywhere. FC Barcelona, huge huge football atmosphere. Tons of beautiful coworkings. Internet is ultra fast. Prices are expensive, but so is everything right now :(
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54° AQI 24 ✈️13h $4,238 / mo 🌇 Also went here451 people
Please don’t come. Rent has doubled in price in a matter of 5yrs. Myself and other locals are being pushed out of the city and forced to move to places that are +1h commute from work. People are struggling and suffering. And yet it is all ok because rich foreigners want to “spice up” their life… I repeat, do not come, and if you do have to come, please try to do damage control
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 57° AQI 3 ✈️15h $3,512 / mo 🌇 Also went here448 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).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 8° 46° 10° 50° AQI 23 ✈️15h $5,962 / mo 🌇 Also went here469 people
I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 4° 39° 6° 42° AQI 37 ✈️17h $6,693 / mo 🌇 Also went here597 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
