⭐️ Total score | 2.74/5 (Rank #553) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,270 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 24Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 3°C37°F (feels 2°C36°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 83% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 56 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 29 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Okay |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,538 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Germany |
⏱ Average trip length | 14 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 3°C 37°F + 💦 Damp (83%) = feels 2°C 36°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 56 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 29.25 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 109 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | Commodore Room |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Perfekt Futur |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 310,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,456 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 95% 👱♀️ 5% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | wg-gesucht |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Lufthansa |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,270 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,114 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,729 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,351 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,918 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,178 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $952 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $90 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $71 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $240 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $11 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $11,133 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $34,508 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $100,974 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 341° cold | 468° cold | 468° cold | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 5714° cool | 457° cold | 415° cold |
Real | 373° very cold | 489° cold | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 7625° warm | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 5714° cool | 468° cold | 436° very cold |
Humidity | damp 80% | damp 77% | nice 70% | nice 64% | damp 75% | nice 78% | nice 82% | nice 80% | nice 76% | damp 79% | damp 81% | damp 84% |
Rain | rainy 111mm | dry 48mm | rainy 73mm | dry 47mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 136mm | rainy 93mm | rainy 74mm | dry 25mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 91mm |
Cloud | overcast 96% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 82% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 89% |
Air quality | clean 48 US AQI | okay 58 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 50 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | okay 55 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 280 people | 800 people | 300 people | 333 people | 200 people | 280 people | 433 people | 250 people | 240 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people |
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