⭐️ Total score | 2.37/5 (Rank #1174) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,222 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 3Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 38°C100°F (feels 33°C91°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 0% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 54 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $583 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Kurdistan |
⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 38°C 100°F + 🌵 Too dry (0%) = feels 33°C 91°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 54 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
☕️ Best coffee place | Barista Coffee Shop |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 490,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $7,000 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Iraqi Airways |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Iraqi Airways |
🏥 Best hospital | Turkish Private Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,222 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,832 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,120 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,177 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,947 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,911 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,038 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $138 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $63 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $294 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 5714° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 8127° warm | 8831° hot | 9736° hot | 10440° hot | 10440° hot | 9535° hot | 7926° warm | 7021° mild | 6418° cool |
Real | 5614° cool | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 7926° warm | 9133° hot | 10038° hot | 10742° scorching | 10641° scorching | 9937° hot | 8228° very warm | 7021° mild | 6317° cool |
Humidity | nice 61% | nice 60% | nice 62% | nice 47% | too dry 22% | too dry 16% | too dry 14% | too dry 15% | too dry 18% | too dry 25% | nice 49% | nice 59% |
Rain | rainy 58mm | dry 46mm | dry 46mm | dry 10mm | dry 4mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 2mm | dry 0mm | dry 10mm | dry 6mm | rainy 90mm |
Cloud | pockets 45% | pockets 29% | pockets 45% | pockets 32% | pockets 15% | clear 0% | clear 1% | clear 4% | clear 0% | pockets 17% | pockets 43% | cloudy 50% |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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I've been here in April 2013. I've found it good, however, the weather was hot.
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