⭐️ Total score | 2.81/5 (Rank #517) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,592 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 72Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 1°C33°F (feels -2°C28°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 90% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy : 157 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 25 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Low: $1,075 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Hungary |
⏱ Average trip length | 16 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 72 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 1°C 33°F + 💦 Damp (90%) = feels -2°C 28°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 157 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 25 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 1,000 HUF in USD | USD 2.83 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | HUF 100,000 = USD 283 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Mala Garden Restaurant |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Cafe Publik |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | LOFFICE |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 25,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $12,900 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Edigital |
🏠 Apartment listings | LOFFICE |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Easy Jet |
🏥 Best hospital | Sio Medical |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,592 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,712 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,909 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $831 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,090 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,087 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $599 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $51 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $68 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $75 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
❌ Expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 | 362° cold | 468° cold | 457° cold | 5412° cool | 6418° cool | 8228° warm | 8429° warm | 8127° warm | 7323° mild | 5412° cool | 468° cold | 362° cold |
Real | 394° very cold | 489° cold | 468° cold | 5513° cool | 6317° cool | 7926° warm | 8228° very warm | 7926° warm | 7323° mild | 5513° cool | 489° cold | 394° very cold |
Humidity | damp 73% | damp 77% | nice 62% | nice 62% | nice 69% | nice 64% | nice 59% | nice 60% | nice 61% | nice 68% | damp 77% | damp 77% |
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Rain | dry 38mm | dry 30mm | dry 17mm | rainy 50mm | rainy 102mm | dry 14mm | rainy 54mm | dry 37mm | dry 36mm | rainy 52mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 71mm |
Cloud | cloudy 80% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 73% | pockets 42% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 56% | pockets 46% | pockets 45% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 85% |
Air quality | okay 72 US AQI | okay 79 US AQI | okay 53 US AQI | clean 46 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | okay 59 US AQI | okay 59 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 2° 36° 2° 35°AQI 58😷✈️10min$3,508 / mo37Mbps×Nothing much to do in Bratislava, a lack of decent restaurants, expensive for what it has to offer. The walkability is nice.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -4° 25° 0° 31°AQI 93😷✈️11min$2,763 / mo29Mbps×I quite liked Zagreb. People are fairly warm, and it's charmingly laid out. Lots of good cafes and restaurants, and the center is pretty walkable. As someone else said there are the commie block vibes, but those are in more peripheral neighborhoods. I felt it was safe, and had no issues getting around by tram mostly. As someone mentioned there is definitely the traditional Southern European cafes are for socializing, not working kind of vibe but still a decent number had wifi and didn't bat an e
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 5° 41° 5° 40°AQI 106😷✈️12min$1,554 / mo90Mbps×Vienna is a great place to visit but do not DN here. The internet is either awful of non-existent—even in coffee shops.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -4° 25° 0° 32°AQI 50✈️13min$4,696 / mo37Mbps×Stayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌨 Feels -1° 30° 0° 32°AQI 158😷✈️13min$2,370 / mo117Mbps×"Not safe for women" are you kidding? 🤣 one of the safest places for women in the world, hands down!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 3° 37° 3° 38°AQI 102😷✈️18min$3,178 / mo32Mbps×I lived in Brno for 6 months and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. It's a small city with nothing to do for expats. There are a few cafés and some nice bars but nothing really special plus. I really don't mean to be rude but Czech people are no fun. It's just...boring and dull. Generally speaking people here, even millennials, don't speak English. I found it very hard to do basic stuff like go to stores in the supermarket because nobody speaks English. There are waaaay better places to go to a
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -6° 21° -2° 29°AQI 43✈️21min$2,764 / mo25Mbps×This is a really cute little city with friendly people, high level of English and good prices. Restaurants were so-so, smoking everywhere which is terrible if you want to be able to eat your meal without choking on smoke, and bad air quality in winter. Beyond those two negative points, it has a lot to offer.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open✈️22min$2,146 / mo26Mbps×Was here in Mid-2023. Bali has completely changed from when I last visited in 2017. Full of arrogant influences and degenerate party people who are entitled and have no respect for the locals. Many Uber drivers told me they are starting to get annoyed because a lot of Westerners don’t respect anything…. Pollution and traffic are on the rise. It is turning into Kuta. Probably one of the least walkable places, forget walking on the sidewalk unless you want to get taken out. A lot of accidents
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌨 Feels -1° 30° 0° 32°AQI 158😷✈️13min$2,370 / mo117Mbps×I lived in Kraków for 13 years. Before I was nomad I worked in Kraków from office, studied here. I see lots of reviews mention Stare Miasto. In fact biggest gem these days is Podgórze neighbourhood, for lots of locals and expats this is trending area now. It's close to old town an to Kazimierz and has growing numbers of restaurants and delicatessen of various cusines, besides Polish mostly Italian, Jewish, Middle-Eastern, Georgian, Ukrainian, Indian. You can see it's reflected on the neighbou
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌨 Feels -4° 25° -1° 30°AQI 164😷✈️33min$2,305 / mo87Mbps×I've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -2° 28° 0° 32°AQI 70😷✈️55min$3,869 / mo92Mbps×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 21✈️9h$7,576 / mo130Mbps×Graz is a nice place. It's prettiest in the Innere Stadt, like the old city center. So probably stay there. Graz has a very lefty, alternative, hippe vibe to it. You'll see people wear lots of hemp and earth toned clothing and dreadlocks all over the place. Which is kinda fun for a change. The same people you'd see in Ubud or Koh Pha Ngan or Goa, you'll see in Graz. Speaking of the people, they're nice, but they won't smile at you in public mostly. I also wouldn't say it's easy to meet people he
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 2° 36° 2° 35°AQI 58😷✈️10min$3,508 / mo37Mbps×I quite liked Zagreb. People are fairly warm, and it's charmingly laid out. Lots of good cafes and restaurants, and the center is pretty walkable. As someone else said there are the commie block vibes, but those are in more peripheral neighborhoods. I felt it was safe, and had no issues getting around by tram mostly. As someone mentioned there is definitely the traditional Southern European cafes are for socializing, not working kind of vibe but still a decent number had wifi and didn't bat an e
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 5° 41° 5° 40°AQI 106😷✈️12min$1,554 / mo90Mbps×Nothing much to do in Bratislava, a lack of decent restaurants, expensive for what it has to offer. The walkability is nice.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -4° 25° 0° 31°AQI 93😷✈️11min$2,763 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×Stayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌨 Feels -1° 30° 0° 32°AQI 158😷✈️13min$2,370 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×I lived in Kraków for 13 years. Before I was nomad I worked in Kraków from office, studied here. I see lots of reviews mention Stare Miasto. In fact biggest gem these days is Podgórze neighbourhood, for lots of locals and expats this is trending area now. It's close to old town an to Kazimierz and has growing numbers of restaurants and delicatessen of various cusines, besides Polish mostly Italian, Jewish, Middle-Eastern, Georgian, Ukrainian, Indian. You can see it's reflected on the neighbou
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌨 Feels -4° 25° -1° 30°AQI 164😷✈️33min$2,305 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people×I've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -2° 28° 0° 32°AQI 70😷✈️55min$3,869 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 4° 39° 6° 44°AQI 31✈️1h$5,002 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people×I find it difficult to understand what people see in this city. The cost to benefit ratio is just so terribly bad! This is by far the most expensive city in Europe (especially in terms of rent), with hardly anything to offer in comparision with other cities like Barcelona, Lisbon or Warsaw. The weather is just average, with cold and windy winters and mediocre summers. It's difficult to come by restaurants that offer anything other than Indian fast food for a decent price - most places are just u
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 5° 41° 7° 45°AQI 57😷✈️2h$5,976 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 21✈️9h$7,576 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×Really enjoyed my time here. Stunningly beautiful island. Like the previous reviewer, I would also take my scooter and just bounce around the island, just to enjoy the landscape. Getting around by scooter is an absolute necessity on Ko Pha Ngan - it’s just not viable to walk or take taxis everywhere. I would really recommend having some practice on a scooter before arriving here. Some of the mountain grades are quite steep and you need to know proper braking to not have an accident IMO. Also,
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 47✈️12h$2,008 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people×Not my favourite place, but it has some positive qualities. If you want American comforts like Walmart, Costco, Sam's Club and live abroad, this is a good spot. You can also shop from both Amazon US and MX; there are many US/Canadian people here. It's a very comfortable place to be in many ways. For many people, it's a great first digital nomad spot as many things are catered to tourists, making it easier for nomads. There are a lot of great, cheap gyms for every activity you can think of. Th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 25✈️12h$2,574 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×I'm staying in BGC as I write this, and so far PH most aggressively mediocre place I've travelled to in Asia. While I'm used to free/cheap wifi, friendly people, and great food living in place like Thailand, even staying in the most modern area in the country lacks all of those (no free Wifi even at Starbucks, and I've seen "cooked fresh" restaurant food taken out of the freezer before cooking). Social culture is very uncanny valley, people are "polite" but it's extremely fake, which you'll noti
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 72😷✈️13h$1,552 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people×If this place is Hostile towards LGBT, then non of the rich movie stars in Hollywood would even think of visiting this place. When I say rich, I mean Billionaires and Millionaires, that even a fraction of their money can probably buy the whole island itself. Now, they say that this beach is world famous? World famous for what! for bashing LGBTs? This narrow mindedness that's going on around this island is nothing but hypocrisy. Women are allowed to wear pasties and dental floss on the beac
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 29✈️14h$2,392 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people×Was here in Mid-2023. Bali has completely changed from when I last visited in 2017. Full of arrogant influences and degenerate party people who are entitled and have no respect for the locals. Many Uber drivers told me they are starting to get annoyed because a lot of Westerners don’t respect anything…. Pollution and traffic are on the rise. It is turning into Kuta. Probably one of the least walkable places, forget walking on the sidewalk unless you want to get taken out. A lot of accidents
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83°AQI 123😷✈️15h$1,971 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×