⭐️ Total score | 2.76/5 (Rank #928) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,303 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 39Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 21°C70°F (feels 21°C70°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 14% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 47 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 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 | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 39 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 21°C 70°F + 🌵 Too dry (14%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 47 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Click Co+Work |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 69,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 88% 👱♀️ 13% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | American Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,303 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,568 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,075 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,736 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,172 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,557 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,257 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $149 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $84 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $344 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $13 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
👩🏫 International school | $7,276 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $8 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg ~3km/2mi trip) | $5 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 362° cold | 457° cold | 489° cold | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7021° mild | 6317° cool | 5714° cool | 457° cold |
Real | 373° very cold | 457° cold | 5010° cold | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 7725° warm | 7625° warm | 7524° warm | 6921° mild | 6217° cool | 5614° cool | 468° cold |
Humidity | nice 67% | nice 58% | nice 49% | nice 33% | nice 32% | too dry 25% | nice 67% | nice 59% | nice 50% | nice 46% | nice 45% | nice 45% |
Rain | rainy 94mm | dry 27mm | rainy 80mm | dry 23mm | dry 15mm | dry 26mm | rainy 155mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 68mm | dry 31mm | dry 3mm | rainy 117mm |
Cloud | pockets 29% | pockets 13% | pockets 30% | pockets 17% | pockets 16% | pockets 38% | cloudy 63% | pockets 37% | pockets 25% | pockets 24% | pockets 12% | pockets 46% |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 333 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 333 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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