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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 247 reviews |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Region | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | United Arab Emirates |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 14 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 28°C 82°F + 😊 Comfy (59%) = feels 29°C 84°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 75 US AQI = 🚬🍃 good |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 137 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | DSO & International City |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Etisalat |
| 💸 10 AED in USD | USD 2.27 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | AED 1,000 = USD 227 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Impact Hub |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Make Hub |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 13% 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 (overall) | 👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 73% 👱♀️ 27% |
| ⛪️ 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 | €2,675 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €2,466 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €6,939 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €1,983 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €1,704 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €240 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | €658 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | €31 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (708 listings) | €2,035 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €67 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €8 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €9 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €4 |
Heya!
I have to be in Dubai by end of the month to finish the formation of my company and residency etc. I’ve stayed at hotels earlier, but that sounds pretty impractical considering I will be living there nearly for a month.
Anyone got any tips about renting a short-stay apartment for a month? Maybe even a few leads?
What about living in Dubai? I will be working hard, but I don’t want to be bored out of my mind. Places I can hang out, things I can do?
Please share 
Thanks, I found that finding hotel apartments (they have a kitchenette) was cheaper than renting from Dubizzle or from Airbnb. I rented there for some days
Intend to live in different hotel apartments around different places in Dubai. Spend a few days in each.
Thanks for the tip about What’s on. I might visit a couple of attractions.
Mostly, I want to hang out at a nice informal cafe in the evenings, sip coffee, eat a veg sandwich and work.
I’ve been told JBR could be a nice place for that sort of thing.
Other than Airbnb, your best bet for short term renting is dubizzle . com
In terms of things to do - the entertainer app is great for finding great deals on dining and other activities. You do have to pay for it but I do remember there being a free trial period.
whatson . ae /dubai/ also a great resource for finding out what’s happening in Dubai.
[Apologies for weird links - won’t let me post proper ones]
Heya!
I have to be in Dubai by end of the month to finish the formation of my company and residency etc. I’ve stayed at hotels earlier, but that sounds pretty impractical considering I will be living there nearly for a month.
Anyone got any tips about renting a short-stay apartment for a month? Maybe even a few leads?
What about living in Dubai? I will be working hard, but I don’t want to be bored out of my mind. Places I can hang out, things I can do?
Please share
Thanks, I found that finding hotel apartments (they have a kitchenette) was cheaper than renting from Dubizzle or from Airbnb. I rented there for some days
Intend to live in different hotel apartments around different places in Dubai. Spend a few days in each.
Thanks for the tip about What’s on. I might visit a couple of attractions.
Mostly, I want to hang out at a nice informal cafe in the evenings, sip coffee, eat a veg sandwich and work.
I’ve been told JBR could be a nice place for that sort of thing.
Other than Airbnb, your best bet for short term renting is dubizzle . com
In terms of things to do - the entertainer app is great for finding great deals on dining and other activities. You do have to pay for it but I do remember there being a free trial period.
whatson . ae /dubai/ also a great resource for finding out what’s happening in Dubai.
[Apologies for weird links - won’t let me post proper ones]
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ 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
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Feels | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 8831° hot | 9736° hot | 11848° scorching | 12250° scorching | 12049° scorching | 12049° scorching | 10239° hot | 8429° warm | 7725° warm |
| Real | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7926° warm | 8630° very warm | 9133° hot | 10038° hot | 9937° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot | 8228° very warm | 7725° warm |
| Humidity | nice 55% | nice 52% | nice 53% | nice 50% | nice 48% | nice 49% | nice 57% | nice 54% | nice 61% | nice 59% | nice 52% | nice 57% |
| Rain | dry 0mm | dry 9mm | dry 14mm | dry 13mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 2mm | dry 16mm | dry 18mm |
| Cloud | clear 8% | pockets 18% | pockets 30% | pockets 31% | clear 1% | clear 6% | pockets 12% | pockets 19% | pockets 15% | clear 0% | pockets 11% | clear 7% |
| 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 | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 5 people | 5 people | 4 people | 4 people | 4 people | 2 people | 3 people | 4 people | 4 people | 5 people | 5 people | 6 people |
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 13° 56°AQI 31✈️7h€2,629 / mo🌇 Also went here205 peopleSuper fun and beautiful city. I find Parisians are actually very patient and warm if you at least attempt to speak French; in my experience, most people who complain that they're rude are the ones making zero effort to speak the language. Expensive though and not very easy to meet other nomads.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 56✈️7h€3,423 / mo🌇 Also went here229 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.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 11° 52° 11° 51°AQI 21✈️7h€3,539 / mo🌇 Also went here316 peopleFirst time I was in KL was in 2015 as a backpacking student. I stayed for 2 weeks at an airbnb in Bangsar South and I loved it. Met up with Uni friends, made new friends and I really like the relaxed atmosphere, despite being in a huge city. Fast forward, 3 years later, I went by myself to KL for a 3 days stay on a visa run from Chiang Mai. I stayed in a hotel near Bukit Bintang. I actually really didn't like it - I think because I was by myself, in a fairly wild part of the city and got so us
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 38° 100° 29° 85°🥵AQI 61✈️7h€1,080 / mo🌇 Also went here188 peopleThey say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 66✈️8h€2,415 / mo🌇 Also went here243 peopleIt's great if you're woke, young & artsy. If you're just a regular guy in your 30's with no connections, you'll have a miserable time. Especially during the pandemic. It's not inexpensive and you get offered cocaine every 200 meters in the city center.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 46✈️8h€1,770 / mo🌇 Also went here153 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.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 5✈️15h€4,069 / mo🌇 Also went here203 peopleI've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 34✈️17h€4,676 / mo🌇 Also went here183 people
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