⭐️ Total score | 2.47/5 (Rank #288) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,063 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 23Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 14°C58°F (feels 13°C55°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 86% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 54 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Okay |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $2,607 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Italy |
🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 23 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 14°C 58°F + 💦 Damp (86%) = feels 13°C 55°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 54 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 108 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | Talent Garden |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Dao Campus |
☕️ Best coffee place | Il Crudo |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Cafe Gabrinus |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👎5% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 91,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $31,279 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Immobiliare |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | RyanAir |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Alitalia |
🏥 Best hospital | Ospedale di Pisa |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,063 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,972 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,114 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $890 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,679 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,344 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $640 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $79 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $110 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $276 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $12,284 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $11 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 489° cold | 5513° cool | 5714° cool | 5714° cool | 6619° mild | 8127° warm | 8630° warm | 8630° warm | 7524° warm | 6619° mild | 6317° cool | 5211° cool |
Real | 489° cold | 5513° cool | 5614° cool | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 7826° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7524° warm | 6418° cool | 6116° cool | 5211° cool |
Humidity | nice 66% | damp 78% | nice 69% | nice 68% | nice 72% | nice 67% | nice 67% | nice 63% | nice 73% | nice 71% | damp 80% | damp 77% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | rainy 82mm | rainy 80mm | dry 5mm | rainy 109mm | rainy 90mm | dry 6mm | dry 37mm | dry 44mm | rainy 108mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 155mm | rainy 114mm |
Cloud | cloudy 52% | pockets 42% | pockets 23% | pockets 39% | pockets 39% | pockets 27% | pockets 29% | pockets 21% | pockets 28% | pockets 36% | pockets 44% | pockets 46% |
Air quality | okay 72 US AQI | okay 69 US AQI | okay 55 US AQI | okay 53 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | okay 55 US AQI | okay 57 US AQI | okay 57 US AQI | okay 53 US AQI | okay 59 US AQI | okay 53 US AQI | okay 68 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 280 people | 320 people | 280 people | 440 people | 425 people | 267 people | 289 people | 380 people | 222 people | 314 people | 250 people |
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