⭐️ Total score | 2.83/5 (Rank #418) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,212 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 46Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Freezing : -4°C24°F (feels -6°C21°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 79% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 25 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 30 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 28 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 46 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 -4°C 24°F + 💦 Damp (79%) = feels -6°C 21°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 30 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | La Villa Coffee House |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 60,000 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 | Delta |
🏥 Best hospital | Mountain View Hospital ID |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,212 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,161 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,480 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,280 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,432 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,678 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $860 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $67 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $88 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $12 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 23-5° freezing | 25-4° freezing | 362° cold | 489° cold | 6418° cool | 7926° warm | 8429° warm | 7725° warm | 7222° mild | 5513° cool | 394° cold | 28-2° freezing |
Real | 27-3° freezing | 30-1° freezing | 394° very cold | 5010° cold | 6317° cool | 7926° warm | 8429° very warm | 7725° warm | 7222° mild | 5513° cool | 426° very cold | 341° very cold |
Humidity | damp 82% | damp 77% | nice 65% | nice 42% | nice 45% | nice 42% | nice 46% | nice 42% | nice 40% | nice 62% | nice 68% | damp 73% |
Rain | dry 9mm | dry 18mm | dry 22mm | dry 17mm | rainy 91mm | dry 5mm | dry 4mm | dry 37mm | dry 9mm | dry 30mm | dry 12mm | dry 31mm |
Cloud | cloudy 73% | cloudy 69% | pockets 34% | pockets 35% | pockets 42% | pockets 12% | pockets 11% | pockets 18% | clear 8% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 80% |
Air quality | clean 29 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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