⭐️ Total score | 2.36/5 (Rank #1206) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,917 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 7Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 35°C94°F (feels 47°C117°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 65% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 59 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 17 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Low: $1,651 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (17x17m) |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Saudi Arabia |
⏱ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 35°C 94°F + 😊 Comfy (65%) = feels 47°C 117°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 59 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 17 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | STC |
💸 10 SAR in USD | USD 2.66 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SAR 1,000 = USD 266 |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 4,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $19,817 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 17x17m (289m²) per person |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Qatar |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,917 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,940 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,338 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $954 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $666 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $176 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,514 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $71 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 51 listings) | $3,174 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $104 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $11 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ 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 | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 10239° hot | 11144° scorching | 11345° scorching | 11747° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10641° scorching | 9937° hot | 9032° hot |
Real | 8429° very warm | 8329° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm |
Humidity | nice 66% | nice 63% | nice 64% | nice 59% | nice 61% | nice 66% | nice 61% | nice 65% | sweaty 71% | nice 70% | nice 66% | nice 66% |
Rain | dry 14mm | dry 9mm | dry 1mm | dry 3mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 4mm | dry 6mm |
Cloud | pockets 15% | pockets 23% | clear 4% | pockets 19% | pockets 13% | pockets 25% | cloudy 54% | pockets 29% | pockets 41% | pockets 10% | clear 9% | pockets 39% |
Air quality | clean 11 US AQI | bad 211 US AQI | bad 211 US AQI | bad 211 US AQI | bad 211 US AQI | bad 211 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 400 people | 467 people | 400 people | 240 people | 240 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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