⭐️ Total score | 1.96/5 (Rank #1201) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,928 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 45Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 8°C46°F (feels 5°C41°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 75% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 21 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Very bad |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,813 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Sprawling: 1k ppl/km² (1 per 44x44m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Netherlands |
🗓️ Average trip length | 16 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 45 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 8°C 46°F + 💦 Damp (75%) = feels 5°C 41°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 21 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 107 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.5% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because Albert Heijn still doesn't accept CC) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Downtown Juice & Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 110,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $45,753 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 44x44m (1936m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Cool Blue |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | KLM |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,928 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,117 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,130 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,180 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,102 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,192 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $700 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $239 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $72 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $447 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $16 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $25 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $13 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 362° cold | 341° cold | 415° cold | 457° cold | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 6418° cool | 6317° cool | 5412° cool | 468° cold | 394° cold |
Real | 394° very cold | 373° very cold | 436° very cold | 468° cold | 5412° cool | 6317° cool | 6519° mild | 6418° cool | 6116° cool | 5513° cool | 479° cold | 415° very cold |
Humidity | nice 45% | nice 43% | nice 43% | nice 39% | nice 43% | nice 40% | nice 42% | nice 43% | nice 41% | nice 43% | nice 45% | nice 46% |
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Rain | rainy 74mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 59mm | dry 46mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 69mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 83mm | dry 29mm | rainy 82mm | dry 46mm | rainy 71mm |
Cloud | pockets 44% | pockets 44% | pockets 36% | pockets 31% | pockets 39% | pockets 36% | pockets 38% | pockets 37% | pockets 38% | pockets 41% | pockets 41% | pockets 45% |
Air quality | clean 27 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI |
Remote workers | 400 people | 300 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people |
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