⭐️ Total score | 2.95/5 (Rank #897) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,491 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 29Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 20°C69°F (feels 21°C70°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 65% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 36 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 28 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $6,634 / mo |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍100% liked it 👎0% disliked it |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Good |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Switzerland |
⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 29 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 20°C 69°F + 😊 Comfy (65%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 36 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 28 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Dardagny |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Lancy |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Swisscom |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CHF 100 = USD 104 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Boreal Coffee Shop |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 1,150,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 22,040 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 190,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $79,609 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
💻 Online electronics shop | Digitec |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Swiss |
🏥 Best hospital | Beaulieu |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,491 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,513 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $8,658 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,474 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,776 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $460 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,127 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $146 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 219 listings) | $2,910 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $95 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $21 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $10 |
☕️ Coffee | $7 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $4,328 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $14,553 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $65,337 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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Feels | 362° cold | 5010° cold | 5211° cool | 5714° cool | 6116° cool | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 5915° cool | 489° cold | 394° cold |
Real | 373° very cold | 5010° cold | 5211° cool | 5714° cool | 5915° cool | 7424° warm | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 5915° cool | 489° cold | 394° very cold |
Humidity | damp 72% | nice 68% | nice 60% | nice 58% | nice 70% | nice 76% | nice 78% | nice 73% | nice 76% | nice 70% | damp 74% | damp 75% |
Rain | rainy 212mm | rainy 71mm | rainy 80mm | rainy 75mm | rainy 212mm | rainy 123mm | rainy 174mm | rainy 90mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 81mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 236mm |
Cloud | cloudy 89% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 51% | pockets 47% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 67% | pockets 45% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 79% |
Air quality | clean 45 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 567 people | 380 people | 800 people | 550 people | 457 people | 509 people | 556 people | 436 people | 400 people | 440 people | 325 people | 711 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 11🚕2h$4,192 / mo24Mbps×Great city if you come here as a tourist But after one month here it has not been my best experience The city is dirty and peoples don't talk great english but defenitively some nice place to visit like the egyptian museum or the museum of cinema and also the muntain are not that far away. For thr price it's not the best blace to go unless you absolutely want to learn italian. And gosh try not to be run over by cars there.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 27° 81° 26° 79°AQI 36✈️14min$4,044 / mo13Mbps×Zurich is a nice city, not very big but charming, especially the old town where you can find bars and restaurants. Good party culture, a lot of different clubs. A lot if different things to do and other cities like the capital (Bern) are within a 1 hour train ride.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 34✈️18min$5,698 / mo28Mbps×Lived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 60✈️33min$4,425 / mo24Mbps×How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 45✈️60min$5,061 / mo15Mbps×Zurich is a nice city, not very big but charming, especially the old town where you can find bars and restaurants. Good party culture, a lot of different clubs. A lot if different things to do and other cities like the capital (Bern) are within a 1 hour train ride.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 34✈️18min$5,698 / mo28Mbps×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 11° 52° 13° 56°AQI 27✈️55min$5,959 / mo14Mbps×Best city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 27° 81° 26° 79°AQI 36✈️50min$3,829 / mo39Mbps×Good: - Great local food - Portuguese people are amazingly friendly - Vibrant DN community. It's like the city has been overtaken by remote workers. You will see everyone working on their laptop everywhere you go. - Amazing views whenever you want; you can just get a beer and climb to one of the viewpoints to see the sunset. Easy and magical. - Super cheap Ubers, easy subway Bad: - Housing prices. I'm not kidding, it's the worst I've ever seen. Ultra overpriced. I guess that's the problem when
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 35✈️2h$2,598 / mo35Mbps×Didn't like this city that much. Been there twice and honestly it has nothing so special. Just the DUOMO in the center is the main great scenery but besides that, nothing in particular to bother for.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 2✈️20min$4,487 / mo13Mbps×Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 13° 55° 14° 58°AQI 30✈️1h$4,322 / mo24Mbps×Great place in summer if you love the mountains/adventure/hiking. Quite pricey tho. The Ski Locker is the recommended co-working, very international, great vibe for well-focused work.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 11🚕2h$4,192 / mo24Mbps×I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 12✈️8h$5,566 / mo37Mbps×Zurich is a nice city, not very big but charming, especially the old town where you can find bars and restaurants. Good party culture, a lot of different clubs. A lot if different things to do and other cities like the capital (Bern) are within a 1 hour train ride.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 34✈️18min$5,698 / mo🌇 Also went here82 people×Lived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 60✈️33min$4,425 / mo🌇 Also went here187 people×Super expensive city, with some nice tourist attractions. Wouldn't recommend staying here for a longer time as price levels are almost Parisienne. Also, you can easily see all the good spots within 3 days or so. Pros: - nice tourist attractions (quite a couple of them) - many food options - people are open & friendly Cons: - hella expensive - limited vegan food options - you should at least understand some Dutch or French to survive here
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 6✈️43min$3,089 / mo🌇 Also went here115 people×Best city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 27° 81° 26° 79°AQI 36✈️50min$3,829 / mo🌇 Also went here125 people×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 11° 52° 13° 56°AQI 27✈️55min$5,959 / mo🌇 Also went here159 people×Rome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 29° 84° 28° 82°AQI 78😷✈️56min$4,886 / mo🌇 Also went here124 people×How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 45✈️60min$5,061 / mo🌇 Also went here178 people×Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 13° 55° 14° 58°AQI 30✈️1h$4,322 / mo🌇 Also went here131 people×Stayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°AQI 13✈️1h$1,080 / mo🌇 Also went here77 people×Copenhagen is way too expensive. I have lived there for quite some time and although it's has this semi-hipster vibe, it still feels like a big village. It's miserable in the winter because it's so windy and went. There are much better and cheaper options, plus the people can be hard to relate to.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 14° 57° 15° 59°AQI 31✈️2h$6,036 / mo🌇 Also went here78 people×Good: - Great local food - Portuguese people are amazingly friendly - Vibrant DN community. It's like the city has been overtaken by remote workers. You will see everyone working on their laptop everywhere you go. - Amazing views whenever you want; you can just get a beer and climb to one of the viewpoints to see the sunset. Easy and magical. - Super cheap Ubers, easy subway Bad: - Housing prices. I'm not kidding, it's the worst I've ever seen. Ultra overpriced. I guess that's the problem when
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 35✈️2h$2,598 / mo🌇 Also went here144 people×I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 12✈️8h$5,566 / mo🌇 Also went here125 people×I cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌤 Feels 39° 102° 32° 90°🥵AQI 82😷✈️12h$1,324 / mo🌇 Also went here100 people×I've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 16✈️12h$7,275 / mo🌇 Also went here100 people×Like everywhere, Singapore has pros and cons. // Pros: // Everything works very well, it's clean, you can use the trains and transport system with a bank card, Grab taxis are efficient and safe, the airport is amazing // Everyone speaks English // Population seems well educated and cosmopolitan // There are lots of parks and green spaces. // Cons: // It's very expensive. For what you get it feels overpriced compared to most Western countries for example. // It's hot and very, very humid. Unti
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 38° 100° 31° 88°🥵AQI 30✈️14h$3,615 / mo🌇 Also went here104 people×