⭐️ Total score | 2.7/5 (Rank #792) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,514 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 49Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 27°C81°F (feels 29°C84°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 60% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 9 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 19 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 1 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 49 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 27°C 81°F + 😊 Comfy (60%) = feels 29°C 84°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 9 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 19 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | AT&T |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Colorado Java House |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 61,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
🏥 Best hospital | Community Hospital in Western Colorado |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,514 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,868 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,197 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,199 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $830 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $275 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,228 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $151 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 14 listings) | $2,120 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $70 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 362° cold | 436° cold | 5211° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 8630° warm | 9133° hot | 8630° warm | 7926° warm | 6418° cool | 5513° cool | 394° cold |
Real | 373° very cold | 447° cold | 5211° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 8228° very warm | 6317° cool | 5513° cool | 415° very cold |
Humidity | nice 50% | nice 48% | nice 37% | too dry 21% | too dry 21% | too dry 20% | nice 33% | too dry 27% | too dry 23% | nice 50% | nice 42% | nice 47% |
Rain | dry 23mm | dry 32mm | dry 44mm | dry 18mm | dry 33mm | dry 18mm | dry 22mm | dry 33mm | dry 34mm | dry 38mm | dry 5mm | rainy 52mm |
Cloud | pockets 36% | pockets 41% | pockets 47% | pockets 27% | pockets 31% | pockets 24% | pockets 31% | pockets 11% | pockets 13% | pockets 40% | pockets 20% | pockets 37% |
Air quality | clean 35 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 600 people | 0 people |
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