⭐️ Total score |
2.2/5 (Rank #859)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,913 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 2Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 19°C67°F (feels 20°C68°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 42%
|
👌 Safety |
Okay
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$108 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | North Korea |
🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 19°C 67°F + 😊 Comfy (42%) = feels 20°C 68°F
|
🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz50Hz |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | Viennese Coffee Shops |
☕️ Best coffee place | Viennese Coffee Shops |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,600,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,300 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Korea DPR |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Koryo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Koryo |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,913 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,931 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,243 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,212 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $470 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,006 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $22 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $360 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.50 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 |
23
-5° freezing |
30
-1° freezing |
46
8° cold |
55
13° cool |
66
19° mild |
75
24° warm |
81
27° warm |
79
26° warm |
72
22° mild |
59
15° cool |
41
5° cold |
30
-1° freezing |
Real |
24
-5°
freezing |
31
-1°
freezing |
46
8°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
65
19°
mild |
74
24°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
79
26°
warm |
72
22°
mild |
59
15°
cool |
41
5°
very cold |
31
-1°
freezing |
Humidity |
nice 32% |
nice 30% |
nice 33% |
too dry 27% |
nice 34% |
nice 40% |
nice 42% |
nice 43% |
nice 39% |
nice 35% |
nice 35% |
nice 32% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 15mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 27mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 110mm |
rainy 102mm |
rainy 216mm |
rainy 94mm |
dry 44mm |
dry 47mm |
dry 16mm |
Cloud |
pockets 19% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 16% |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
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