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| ⭐️ Total score | 902 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Middle East |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 29°C 85°F + 😊 Comfy (63%) = feels 32°C 90°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 67 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 137 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | DSO & International City |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | DSO & International City |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 AED in USD | USD 2.72 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | AED 1,000 = USD 272 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Impact Hub |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Make Hub |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍16% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 16,010,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 306,831 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $37,622 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 19x19m (361m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 73% 👱♀️ 27% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Souq |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Property Finder |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Fly Dubai |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,214 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,490 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,389 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,826 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,823 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,941 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,634 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $85 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $195 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $150 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $12 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Nomad List members liked going here
✅ Many Nomad List members here all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Feels | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 8429° warm | 9334° hot | 10842° scorching | 12451° scorching | 12753° scorching | 12954° scorching | 12451° scorching | 10440° hot | 9032° hot | 8127° warm |
| Real | 7323° mild | 7625° warm | 8127° warm | 8831° hot | 9334° hot | 9736° hot | 10038° hot | 10038° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot | 8530° very warm | 7926° warm |
| Humidity | nice 63% | nice 70% | nice 60% | nice 55% | nice 59% | nice 65% | nice 59% | nice 61% | nice 66% | nice 64% | nice 62% | nice 63% |
| Rain | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 2mm | dry 2mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 3mm |
| Cloud | clear 8% | pockets 24% | clear 8% | clear 7% | clear 1% | clear 3% | pockets 29% | pockets 13% | pockets 20% | clear 8% | clear 6% | pockets 36% |
| Air quality | okay 61 US AQI | bad 128 US AQI | bad 108 US AQI | bad 120 US AQI | bad 137 US AQI | bad 144 US AQI | bad 147 US AQI | bad 149 US AQI | bad 137 US AQI | bad 112 US AQI | okay 71 US AQI | okay 80 US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 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 | 1,760 people | 1,800 people | 1,923 people | 1,457 people | 1,820 people | 987 people | 1,171 people | 1,280 people | 1,547 people | 2,667 people | 2,780 people | 1,800 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 29° 85°AQI 67🚕42min$3,432 / mo8MbpsWe have lived in Abu Dhabi for over four years and it is an amazing city! It is completely safe (for couples, solo women, etc.) and there is so much to do. The nightlife is plentiful and alcohol is easily available in licensed places (nearly all hotel bars and restaurants). The locals are friendly, and everyone speaks English. We absolutely love this city.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 44✈️10min$4,808 / mo8Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 82°AQI 53✈️29min$3,031 / mo5Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 59✈️30min$8,133 / mo10Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 29° 84° 26° 80°🥵AQI 59✈️39min$3,675 / mo6Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 30° 86° 28° 82°AQI 59✈️46min$2,187 / mo6Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 12✈️46min$2,394 / mo2Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 27° 81° 26° 78°AQI 64✈️1h$3,305 / mo5Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 116😷✈️1h$3,288 / mo7Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 74✈️1h$2,372 / mo2Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 26° 79° 27° 80°AQI 59✈️1h$3,156 / mo2Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 27° 81° 27° 80°AQI 35✈️1h$2,412 / mo1MbpsHow 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 9° 48° 9° 48°AQI 59✈️7h$5,656 / mo16MbpsBangkok 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 39° 102° 30° 85°🥵AQI 82😷✈️7h$2,037 / mo17MbpsIstanbul was a terrible experience for me, and in more ways than one. 99% of people do not speak a single word of English, which makes every interaction exhausting. It does not help that Turkish people are short-tempered and get frustrated pretty quickly. Ubers are annoying, they keep canceling on you and it makes going somewhere such a hassle. Regular taxis are notorious for being scammers. Even an Uber driver tried to scam me by asking me to pay by cash even though I was already paying by
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 12° 54° 13° 56°AQI 16✈️4h$2,230 / mo6MbpsWe have lived in Abu Dhabi for over four years and it is an amazing city! It is completely safe (for couples, solo women, etc.) and there is so much to do. The nightlife is plentiful and alcohol is easily available in licensed places (nearly all hotel bars and restaurants). The locals are friendly, and everyone speaks English. We absolutely love this city.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 44✈️10min$4,808 / mo8MbpsMoscow is a great city, especially for young and adult people. Many business here and a lot of fun. Cheap taxi. Very clean city. Online delivery 24-hours for everything! Great and cheap subway (metro). Many cultural experience, good and different food. Fast Internet and free wifi in most of public places.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels -10° 14° -7° 20°AQI 50✈️5h$3,124 / mo11MbpsI am a Greek living abroad just the last couple of years. I accidentally discovered this page and noticed the comments below. What I can recommend to people considering living in Athens is to explore places a bit outside of the city center. I agree with people that there are many areas very close to the city center that are dirty and perhaps not very safe to walk around at night. Explore areas like Glyfada, Voula, Kifisia, Marousi, Psychiko, Marousi and you will be amazed with how different it i
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 42✈️4h$3,681 / mo9MbpsThe city is quite pleasant. There are some good streets to walk. It never feels crowded, except the most touristic areas. Architecture is interesting (but nothing to write home about) in a small touristic area, outside of it it's mostly ugly Soviet-era apartment blocks and ramshackle small houses. A couple of years ago the city was cheap, but now it's more expensive than many European cities and Asian capitals. When it was cheap, it was nice to stay there despite its drawbacks. Now it is very q
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 11° 52° 11° 51°AQI 59✈️3h$2,017 / mo10MbpsReally shocked by the safety number here. Cape Town is very safe if you act normal. The crime happens in the townships and not in the cities. Nothing to be afraid of in Cape Town as long as you're not stupid.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 9✈️10h$3,103 / mo6MbpsI'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 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 27✈️15h$6,693 / mo30MbpsNot 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 37° 99° 29° 84°🥵AQI 57✈️8h$5,622 / mo102MbpsI've been in Phuket for about a month now. Most of that time I've spent in Ka Ron and Kata beach area, but also have been to Chalong, Pa Tong, Rawai, and Kathu. Karon and Kata beaches are my favorite. Beaches are beautiful, especially Karon. Overall most everything is reasonably priced, but not the bargain I was told it is. I eventually found a hotel I like, where I pay 12-13 euro per night (below 500 baht atm) and that is by far the lowest I found for the quality I expect. Considering the loc
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 36° 97° 29° 85°🥵AQI 42✈️7h$2,880 / mo17MbpsI stayed in Cairo for a week as a solo female (21 years old). I was followed a lot and cat-called / asked for a 'view' or a kiss every 5 minutes even though I was completely covered up, so this is definitely not a place for the faint hearted. It was never with malicious intent though (no one forced themselves on me or even tried to mug me), the culture is just very different than western culture. Whilst they're pushy, they won't do anything unless you let them. It took a couple of days for me to
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 173😷✈️3h$1,039 / mo2MbpsIstanbul was a terrible experience for me, and in more ways than one. 99% of people do not speak a single word of English, which makes every interaction exhausting. It does not help that Turkish people are short-tempered and get frustrated pretty quickly. Ubers are annoying, they keep canceling on you and it makes going somewhere such a hassle. Regular taxis are notorious for being scammers. Even an Uber driver tried to scam me by asking me to pay by cash even though I was already paying by
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 12° 54° 13° 56°AQI 16✈️4h$2,230 / mo🌇 Also went here458 peopleStayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 5° 41° 6° 43°AQI 102😷✈️5h$2,856 / mo🌇 Also went here315 peopleIt´s difficult to make friends here. Generally speaking, lifelong friends are made in school and then there´s family. People are very nice and sociable but forget about making friends. Lots of really bad restaurants (tourist traps) so you have to be careful where you go. I´ve lived here for two years so I have gotten to know some good places. Tons of tourists and overcroweded public transport. Yes, it´s a beautiful city but quite unlivable.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 14° 57° 14° 56°AQI 34✈️6h$5,597 / mo🌇 Also went here312 peopleI visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 4° 39° 5° 41°AQI 61✈️6h$2,544 / mo🌇 Also went here368 peopleI'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 4° 39° 5° 41°AQI 26✈️6h$3,952 / mo🌇 Also went here432 peopleBangkok 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 39° 102° 30° 85°🥵AQI 82😷✈️7h$2,037 / mo🌇 Also went here509 peopleA 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 🌥 Feels 10° 50° 10° 49°AQI 89😷✈️7h$6,672 / mo🌇 Also went here464 peopleOne 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 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 23✈️7h$4,153 / mo🌇 Also went here474 peopleLived 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 9° 48° 9° 49°AQI 55✈️7h$5,471 / mo🌇 Also went here521 peopleHow 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 9° 48° 9° 48°AQI 59✈️7h$5,656 / mo🌇 Also went here605 peopleJust 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 34° 93° 28° 83°🥵AQI 63✈️7h$1,705 / mo🌇 Also went here382 peopleNot 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 37° 99° 29° 84°🥵AQI 57✈️8h$5,622 / mo🌇 Also went here460 peoplePlease 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 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 46✈️8h$3,441 / mo🌇 Also went here418 peopleI'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 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 27✈️15h$6,693 / mo🌇 Also went here449 peopleHow 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 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 28✈️17h$5,962 / mo🌇 Also went here334 people
