⭐️ Total score | 2.4/5 (Rank #1072) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $6,183 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 19Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 5°C40°F (feels 2°C36°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 86% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 28 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 14 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Very bad |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,813 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 5k ppl/km² (14x14m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Netherlands |
⏱ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 19 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 5°C 40°F + 💦 Damp (86%) = feels 2°C 36°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 28 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 14.75 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 109 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.5% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because Albert Heijn still doesn't accept CC) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Anne&Max Haarlem |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍20% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 160,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $45,753 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 95% 👱♀️ 5% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Cool Blue |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | KLM |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,183 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,830 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,843 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,955 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,136 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,811 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,516 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $194 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $158 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $192 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $28 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 394° cold | 436° cold | 436° cold | 457° cold | 5211° cool | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 5714° cool | 5010° cold | 436° cold |
Real | 436° very cold | 468° cold | 468° cold | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 6519° mild | 5915° cool | 5211° cool | 468° cold |
Humidity | damp 84% | damp 85% | damp 82% | damp 75% | damp 85% | nice 78% | nice 84% | nice 81% | nice 81% | damp 82% | damp 83% | damp 88% |
Rain | rainy 90mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 59mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 104mm | rainy 73mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 76mm | dry 35mm | rainy 127mm | rainy 90mm | rainy 74mm |
Cloud | cloudy 87% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 89% |
Air quality | clean 18 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Remote workers | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 800 people | 333 people | 200 people | 500 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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