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| ⭐️ Total score | 3 reviews |
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| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | Kurdistan |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 14°C 58°F + 😊 Comfy (44%) = feels 14°C 57°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 56 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| ☕️ 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 | $3,325 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,936 / 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) | $2,327 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,038 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $138 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $76 / 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 in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ 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% |
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| 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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