⭐️ Total score | 3.02/5 (Rank #163) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,802 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 16Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Freezing : -4°C25°F (feels -6°C21°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 81% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 107 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 56 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Low: $1,028 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Poland |
⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 16 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ -4°C 25°F + 💦 Damp (81%) = feels -6°C 21°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 107 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 56.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10 PLN in USD | USD 2.26 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PLN 1,000 = USD 226 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Business Link |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | MW Wistualne |
☕️ Best coffee place | Restauracja Giuseppe Lublin |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 340,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $12,332 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 42% 👱♀️ 58% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 95% 👱♀️ 5% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Saturn |
🏠 Apartment listings | Erasmusu |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Lot Polish |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,802 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,171 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,376 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $679 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,087 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,565 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $532 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $51 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $51 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $189 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,660 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $28,660 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $76,660 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 27-3° freezing | 21-6° freezing | 394° cold | 436° cold | 6116° cool | 7222° mild | 8630° warm | 7021° mild | 5915° cool | 5211° cool | 415° cold | 27-3° freezing |
Real | 320° freezing | 27-3° freezing | 436° very cold | 468° cold | 6116° cool | 7222° mild | 8127° warm | 7021° mild | 5915° cool | 5412° cool | 457° cold | 320° freezing |
Humidity | damp 90% | damp 88% | damp 78% | damp 76% | damp 75% | nice 72% | sweaty 74% | nice 78% | damp 80% | nice 70% | damp 83% | damp 88% |
Rain | rainy 66mm | rainy 51mm | dry 24mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 179mm | rainy 73mm | dry 9mm | dry 36mm | dry 45mm |
Cloud | overcast 91% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 74% | pockets 44% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 74% | overcast 93% |
Air quality | okay 97 US AQI | okay 100 US AQI | okay 75 US AQI | okay 58 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | okay 57 US AQI | okay 85 US AQI | okay 83 US AQI | okay 80 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 400 people | 400 people | 300 people | 333 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌤 Feels -1° 30° 2° 36°AQI 25✈️1h$2,587 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×Beautiful old town and waterfront, but as soon as you leave them it becomes a post-Communist dump. I've had very good internet in airbnbs, and it's quite affordable if you live like a local.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 4° 39° 6° 42°AQI 1✈️1h$3,444 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 5° 41° 6° 42°AQI 33✈️2h$5,442 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×I am a Greek living abroad just the last couple of years. I accidentally discovered this page and noticed the comments below. What I can recommend to people considering living in Athens is to explore places a bit outside of the city center. I agree with people that there are many areas very close to the city center that are dirty and perhaps not very safe to walk around at night. Explore areas like Glyfada, Voula, Kifisia, Marousi, Psychiko, Marousi and you will be amazed with how different it i
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 7° 45° 7° 45°AQI 69✈️2h$5,497 / mo🌇 Also went here14 people×Bangkok is a really nice city. I lived 2 weeks in Bangkok and it was a good trip ! People are very nice, smiling and the cost is affordable. Some beautifuls temple, gardens, market etc. Chinatown is a place to visit, and Bangkok is globally clean !
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 43° 109° 32° 90°🥵AQI 57✈️11h$2,163 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×