⭐️ Total score | 3.21/5 (Rank #451) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,285 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 49Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 19°C67°F (feels 20°C68°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 78% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 30 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 27 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 49 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 19°C 67°F + 😊 Comfy (78%) = feels 20°C 68°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 27.75 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | T Mobile |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Manna Java Worldcafé |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 58,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
🏥 Best hospital | Mercy Medical Center Dubuque & Dyersville |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,285 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,843 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,263 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,218 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $790 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $275 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,421 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $113 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 4 listings) | $1,802 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $59 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $11 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 23-5° freezing | 10-12° freezing | 468° cold | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 8630° warm | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 7524° warm | 6418° cool | 436° cold | 341° cold |
Real | 28-2° freezing | 17-9° freezing | 489° cold | 5614° cool | 6418° cool | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 7524° warm | 6418° cool | 468° cold | 373° very cold |
Humidity | damp 79% | nice 69% | damp 71% | nice 61% | nice 66% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 80% | nice 70% | nice 81% | nice 61% | nice 66% |
Rain | dry 20mm | dry 18mm | dry 38mm | dry 35mm | dry 49mm | dry 36mm | rainy 64mm | rainy 82mm | dry 24mm | rainy 96mm | dry 14mm | dry 25mm |
Cloud | cloudy 82% | cloudy 61% | pockets 42% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 58% | pockets 34% | pockets 45% | pockets 31% | pockets 27% | cloudy 64% | pockets 49% | cloudy 52% |
Air quality | clean 36 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
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