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| ⭐️ Total score | 1 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | North Korea |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 27°C 80°F + 🥵 Sweaty (82%) = feels 31°C 88°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 50 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz50Hz |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Koryolink |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 260,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,300 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Korea DPR |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Koryo |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Koryo |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,551 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $611 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,510 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $431 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $150 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $360 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $501 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $23 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 | 21-6° freezing | 373° cold | 5010° cold | 5915° cool | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 10038° hot | 8429° warm | 7524° warm | 6317° cool | 5010° cold | 341° cold |
| Real | 21-6° freezing | 394° very cold | 5010° cold | 5915° cool | 6820° mild | 7524° warm | 8630° very warm | 7926° warm | 7524° warm | 6317° cool | 4910° cold | 341° very cold |
| Humidity | nice 59% | nice 65% | nice 69% | nice 59% | nice 72% | nice 82% | sweaty 82% | nice 82% | nice 75% | damp 72% | nice 70% | nice 68% |
| Rain | dry 21mm | dry 13mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 98mm | rainy 158mm | rainy 207mm | rainy 121mm | rainy 245mm | rainy 119mm | rainy 164mm | rainy 78mm | dry 14mm |
| Cloud | pockets 32% | pockets 40% | pockets 48% | pockets 47% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 65% | pockets 47% | pockets 38% |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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