⭐️ Total score | 3.48/5 (Rank #119) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍80% liked it 👎20% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,526 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 45Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 12°C54°F (feels 11°C52°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 96% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 65 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 38 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 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 | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 21 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 45 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 12°C 54°F + 💦 Damp (96%) = feels 11°C 52°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 65 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 39 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | The Bureau at the Hinge |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Launch Fishers |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 860,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Delta |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,526 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,312 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,623 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,606 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,750 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,589 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,211 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $82 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $52 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $218 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $18 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $16,867 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $20 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomad List members go here
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 30-1° freezing | 23-5° freezing | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6820° mild | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 6820° mild | 457° cold | 468° cold |
Real | 341° very cold | 28-3° freezing | 5513° cool | 5915° cool | 6619° mild | 8027° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 7725° warm | 6720° mild | 468° cold | 489° cold |
Humidity | nice 37% | nice 36% | too dry 27% | too dry 28% | nice 31% | nice 37% | nice 39% | nice 38% | nice 34% | nice 42% | nice 32% | nice 36% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 30mm | dry 30mm | rainy 67mm | dry 37mm | dry 44mm | rainy 68mm | rainy 72mm | dry 30mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 66mm | dry 15mm | rainy 52mm |
Cloud | pockets 50% | pockets 48% | pockets 34% | pockets 30% | pockets 41% | pockets 35% | pockets 29% | pockets 32% | pockets 21% | pockets 45% | pockets 26% | pockets 40% |
Air quality | clean 37 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 311 people | 257 people | 222 people | 200 people | 356 people | 367 people | 360 people | 554 people | 260 people | 220 people | 286 people | 300 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 30✈️11h$4,222 / mo🌇 Also went here72 people×Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
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