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| ⭐️ Overall score | 224 reviews |
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| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Germany |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 2 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 30 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (69%) = feels 20°C 68°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 17 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 14 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | O2 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Flayva Coffee & Tea Lounge |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 590,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $42,456 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Lufthansa |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | €2,909 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €1,492 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €3,092 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €883 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €587 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €160 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €2,476 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €116 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (63 listings) | €1,332 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €44 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €12 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €2 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Too expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| Feels | 362° cold | 489° cold | 5211° cool | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 6418° cool | 5714° cool | 457° cold | 394° cold |
| Real | 394° very cold | 5010° cold | 5412° cool | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 6418° cool | 5815° cool | 479° cold | 436° very cold |
| Humidity | damp 83% | damp 79% | nice 70% | nice 68% | nice 69% | nice 64% | nice 67% | nice 70% | nice 78% | damp 81% | damp 85% | damp 85% |
| Rain | dry 28mm | dry 30mm | dry 37mm | dry 17mm | dry 29mm | dry 38mm | rainy 64mm | dry 47mm | rainy 52mm | dry 46mm | dry 49mm | rainy 50mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 85% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 80% | pockets 49% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 58% | pockets 48% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 82% |
| Air quality | clean 15 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 13 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 13 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 13 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 36° 97° 30° 86°🥵AQI 55✈️12h€1,146 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleOnly thing to add is that in general Saigon has terrible walkability. I love Saigon, lived there for 3 years. But motorbikes are always parked on the sidewalks so you constantly have to step onto the road which is a little hair raising. And if it's not motorbikes then there are restaurant tables scattered across the pavement. Plus the pavement is almost always cracked. I'm a pretty chill person. But going for a random walk in Saigon always leaves me kind of irritated after a while. Of course the
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 40° 104° 31° 88°🥵AQI 30✈️13h€842 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peoplePutrajaya is the only place I would recommend due to its close proximity to the airport. The Shaftsbury Hotel is modern with two convenience stores, pharmacy, restaurants, dental, and more in the actual building. There is a rain fountain in "mall" of the building that would be Putrajaya's attempt at Singapore's airport one. The location is also literally right across from the bigger mall that has restaurants, international grocery store, movie theater, bowling, electronics, etc. It's a safe a
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 61✈️13h€1,028 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people
