⭐️ Total score | 0.5/5 (Rank #1315) |
👍 Quality of life score | Bad |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,119 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🤬 Unusably slow: 5Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 13°C55°F (feels 12°C54°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 37% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy : 166 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😐 Moderate: 80 US AQI |
👌 Safety | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $442 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Iran |
⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 13°C 55°F + 😊 Comfy (37%) = feels 12°C 54°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 166 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 81 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
💸 100,000 IRR in USD | USD 2.37 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IRR 10,000,000 = USD 237 |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,800,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,299 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Delta Home |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Iran Air |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Iran Air |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,119 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $423 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $971 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $277 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,303 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $189 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $108 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $141 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 489° cold | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 7926° warm | 8831° hot | 9334° hot | 8630° warm | 8228° warm | 7524° warm | 5915° cool | 5211° cool |
Real | 489° cold | 5614° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 7524° warm | 5815° cool | 5211° cool |
Humidity | nice 34% | too dry 28% | too dry 28% | too dry 26% | too dry 26% | too dry 8% | too dry 15% | too dry 13% | too dry 12% | too dry 23% | nice 45% | nice 37% |
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Rain | dry 0mm | dry 8mm | dry 6mm | dry 11mm | dry 28mm | dry 0mm | dry 4mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 26mm | dry 9mm |
Cloud | clear 4% | pockets 15% | pockets 24% | pockets 48% | pockets 37% | clear 2% | pockets 14% | pockets 16% | clear 0% | clear 7% | pockets 42% | pockets 45% |
Air quality | okay 68 US AQI | bad 180 US AQI | bad 180 US AQI | bad 180 US AQI | bad 180 US AQI | okay 90 US AQI | okay 81 US AQI | okay 72 US AQI | okay 80 US AQI | okay 69 US AQI | okay 65 US AQI | okay 68 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 13 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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