| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.63/5 |
| 💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,317 / mo |
| 📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 30Mbps (avg) |
| 😝 Fun | Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 13°C55°F (feels 12°C54°F) |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 65% |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 45 US AQI |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 66 US AQI |
| 👌 Safety | Good |
| 👍 Quality of life | Good |
| 👶 Family friendly | Good |
| 😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Sprawling: 2k ppl/km² (22x22m) |
| ❤️ Rated by nomads | 👍8 likes vs. 👎1 dislikes |
| 🚶 Walkability | Great |
| ✌️ Peace | Good |
| 🚦 Traffic safety | Okay |
| 🏥 Hospitals | Great |
| 😄 Happiness | Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife | Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from | Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
| 🙊 English speaking | Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | Great |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Good |
| 👩 Female friendly | Great |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
| 🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
| 🌍 Region | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Finland |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 30 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather | ☀️ 13°C 55°F + 💦 Humid (65%) + 💨 7km/h = feels like 12°C 54°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 45 US AQI 🚬🍃 clean |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 66 US AQI 🚬🍃 clean |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Sonera |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 USD 109 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee House Asema-aukio |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 17% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 630,000 people |
| 😤 People density | 🧘♀️ empty: 2,100 ppl/km² 22x22m (484m²) space per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio | 👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Verkkokauppa |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Oikotie |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Finnair |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Flybe Nordic |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Helsinki Private Hospital |
| capitalspano-beachairportnon-touristycoldcold nowclean airgood air qualityfast internethigh cost of livinghigh humidityfreedom of pressdemocracyfreedommany womenfriendly people |
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $3,317 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,214 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,253 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,501 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,100 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $239 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,498 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $70 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (119 listings) | $1,716 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $56 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $16 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,376 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $34,930 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $110,589 |
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| Feels like | 25-4° freezing | 30-1° freezing | 0° freezing | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 5513° cool | 436° very cold | 0° freezing | 341° very cold |
| Real temperature | 30-1° freezing | 362° very cold | 373° very cold | 5010° cold | 5513° cool | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 5714° cool | 468° cold | 394° very cold | 394° very cold |
| Humidity | damp 93% | damp 94% | damp 89% | comfy 69% | damp 76% | comfy 73% | comfy 75% | comfy 82% | damp 86% | damp 92% | damp 97% | damp 93% |
| Rain | not rainy 32mm | not rainy 26mm | not rainy 36mm | not rainy 4mm | not rainy 41mm | not rainy 16mm | not rainy 38mm | not rainy 33mm | not rainy 41mm | rainy 75mm | not rainy 9mm | not rainy 48mm |
| Cloud cover | cloudy 89% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 74% | pockets 36% | cloudy 70% | pockets 47% | cloudy 64% | pockets 49% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 86% | overcast 100% | overcast 93% |
| Air quality | clean 27 AQI | clean 34 AQI | clean 28 AQI | clean 32 AQI | clean 32 AQI | clean 31 AQI | clean 34 AQI | clean 30 AQI | clean 25 AQI | clean 24 AQI | clean 29 AQI | clean 25 AQI |
| UV Index | safe 0 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 3 UVI | safe 3 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
| Nomad List members there | 3 people | 4 people | 3 people | 6 people | 5 people | 3 people | 4 people | 3 people | 4 people | 2 people | 4 people | 3 people |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many nomads have been
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Humid now
❌ Not many nomads right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
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