⭐️ Total score | 2.85/5 (Rank #387) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,875 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 17Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 8°C46°F (feels 5°C41°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 88% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 38 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 36 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,354 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 5k ppl/km² (15x15m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | United Kingdom |
⏱ Average trip length | 16 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 17 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 8°C 46°F + 💦 Damp (88%) = feels 5°C 41°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 36.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GBP 100 = USD 124 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | DBS |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Incubate |
☕️ Best coffee place | Hollys Coffee Shop & Sandwich Bar |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Costa Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 440,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,249 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Zoopla |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | RyanAir |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Turkish Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Bupa |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,875 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,676 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,883 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,681 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,383 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,909 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,283 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $65 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $63 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $178 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $22 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 341° cold | 436° cold | 489° cold | 468° cold | 5412° cool | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 5513° cool | 489° cold | 415° cold |
Real | 394° very cold | 479° cold | 5010° cold | 4910° cold | 5412° cool | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 5714° cool | 5010° cold | 457° cold |
Humidity | damp 84% | damp 80% | damp 79% | nice 70% | damp 83% | nice 85% | nice 83% | nice 81% | nice 80% | damp 83% | damp 83% | damp 86% |
Rain | rainy 110mm | rainy 53mm | dry 41mm | dry 23mm | rainy 127mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 73mm | dry 41mm | dry 46mm | rainy 70mm | dry 19mm | rainy 71mm |
Cloud | cloudy 85% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 85% |
Air quality | clean 41 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 46 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 400 people | 200 people | 250 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 0 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open✈️1h$3,230 / mo20Mbps×I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open✈️1h$3,230 / mo🌇 Also went here8 people×Nomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 9° 48° 9° 48°AQI 57✈️2h$4,618 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×I'm currently in Lisbon and I must say that this city has been very overhyped in terms of cost, food and overall fun. There are a lot of issues where foreigners like myself are driving up the rent and we are solely blamed for this. The larger issue here is the Portuguese government is not using these tourism dollars towards their people. I'm staying in Alfama and there is 'fuck tourists' spray painted in a few places but in order to come and stay here we are being asked to provide our informatio
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 1° 34° 1° 33°AQI 40✈️10h$4,344 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×Las Vegas is a great tourist destination for me personally. The strip contains every amenities that I need and also there is a lot of stuff to do there without going away from the strip. Las Vegas is inside of a desert so expect it to be really hot in the summer. Otherwise than that, the strip located in Vegas has many things to do, from going to concerts, fancy restaurants, gambling (if that's your thing), attractions (stratosphere, high roller), entertainments, and so many more things to do th
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 9° 48° 10° 51°AQI 23✈️11h$6,903 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 27✈️11h$5,172 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×What can I say that hasn't already been said? Canggu has so much energy and excitement. I think that's partly due to the cost of living plus the weather. People are very nice here but expect general life for the locals to revolve around tourism. You're not going to get an authentic Indonesian cultural experience. It's definitely not perfect and not an easy place to live but considering how cheap it is what can you expect? I think the pros outweigh the cons and cons are plentiful (dirty, cash soc
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