⭐️ Total score | 2.22/5 (Rank #1210) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,003 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 5Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 19°C65°F (feels 19°C66°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 57% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 Moderate: 93 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 124 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Bad |
💰 Income level* | High: $2,269 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 6k ppl/km² (13x13m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Kuwait |
⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 19°C 65°F + 😊 Comfy (57%) = feels 19°C 66°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 93 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 124 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KWD 100 = USD 328 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Costa Coffee |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Costa Coffee |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Sirdab |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 32,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $27,229 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 13x13m (169m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 234% 👱♀️ -134% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 61% 👱♀️ 39% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 95% 👱♀️ 5% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
🏥 Best hospital | Al Salam International Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,003 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,705 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,092 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,455 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,527 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,904 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $980 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $118 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $161 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $324 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 7725° warm | 8630° warm | 10038° hot | 10842° scorching | 11345° scorching | 11345° scorching | 10038° hot | 9334° hot | 7725° warm | 7021° mild |
Real | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7725° warm | 8831° hot | 10038° hot | 10842° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10842° scorching | 10038° hot | 9334° hot | 7725° warm | 7021° mild |
Humidity | nice 49% | nice 46% | nice 38% | nice 32% | too dry 25% | too dry 17% | too dry 22% | too dry 23% | too dry 23% | too dry 29% | nice 41% | nice 51% |
Rain | dry 1mm | dry 14mm | dry 3mm | dry 5mm | dry 2mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 3mm | dry 27mm |
Cloud | pockets 25% | pockets 25% | pockets 12% | pockets 42% | clear 3% | clear 0% | clear 1% | clear 1% | clear 0% | clear 0% | pockets 15% | cloudy 58% |
Air quality | bad 103 US AQI | bad 102 US AQI | okay 94 US AQI | okay 98 US AQI | bad 120 US AQI | bad 121 US AQI | bad 127 US AQI | bad 131 US AQI | bad 127 US AQI | bad 131 US AQI | okay 99 US AQI | bad 112 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 350 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people |
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