⭐️ Total score | 2.5/5 (Rank #953) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,239 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 15Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 8°C47°F (feels 7°C45°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 54% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 1 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 7 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Low: $1,013 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Croatia |
⏱ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 15 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 8°C 47°F + 😊 Comfy (54%) = feels 7°C 45°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 1 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 7.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10 HRK in USD | USD 1.44 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | HRK 1,000 = USD 144 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Fig Cafe |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👎3% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 11,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $12,159 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Nabava |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Easy Jet |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,239 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,975 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,354 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,244 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,764 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,886 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,110 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $129 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $62 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $183 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $12 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 468° cold | 5513° cool | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 7021° mild | 8127° warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 7725° warm | 6619° mild | 6317° cool | 5211° cool |
Real | 5010° cold | 5714° cool | 5412° cool | 5714° cool | 6820° mild | 7926° warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7725° warm | 6619° mild | 6317° cool | 5412° cool |
Humidity | nice 66% | nice 70% | nice 54% | nice 63% | nice 63% | nice 62% | nice 60% | nice 60% | nice 61% | nice 61% | damp 72% | nice 61% |
Rain | rainy 208mm | rainy 54mm | dry 27mm | rainy 63mm | dry 31mm | dry 6mm | dry 10mm | dry 45mm | dry 22mm | rainy 154mm | rainy 291mm | rainy 187mm |
Cloud | cloudy 70% | pockets 48% | pockets 35% | cloudy 58% | pockets 48% | pockets 23% | pockets 25% | pockets 16% | pockets 39% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 65% |
Air quality | clean 7 US AQI | clean 7 US AQI | clean 7 US AQI | clean 7 US AQI | clean 7 US AQI | clean 7 US AQI | clean 9 US AQI | clean 10 US AQI | clean 8 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI | clean 7 US AQI | clean 8 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 300 people | 600 people | 400 people | 489 people | 486 people | 475 people | 250 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open✈️1h$3,909 / mo🌇 Also went here55 people×Nomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
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