⭐️ Total score | 3/5 (Rank #188) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,082 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 49Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 2°C36°F (feels 0°C0°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 84% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 43 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 20 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,224 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Sweden |
⏱ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 49 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 2°C 36°F + 💦 Damp (84%) = feels 0°C 0°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 43 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 20 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 SEK in USD | USD 9.46 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SEK 1,000 = USD 95 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 5% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Mind Park |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Media Evolution City |
☕️ Best coffee place | Malmö & Lund Coffee Wrap-up |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Wheely's |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 280,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $50,687 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Webhallen |
🏠 Apartment listings | Red Apple |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | SAS |
🏥 Best hospital | Swedish Healthcare |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,082 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,968 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,634 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,324 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,902 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,845 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,027 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $89 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $60 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $323 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ 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
✅ 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
❌ Hospitals are bad
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 30-1° freezing | 28-2° freezing | 394° cold | 436° cold | 5412° cool | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 6619° mild | 6418° cool | 5412° cool | 457° cold | 30-1° freezing |
Real | 362° very cold | 341° very cold | 436° very cold | 468° cold | 5513° cool | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 6619° mild | 6418° cool | 5513° cool | 489° cold | 362° very cold |
Humidity | damp 77% | damp 76% | damp 76% | nice 65% | damp 79% | nice 72% | nice 79% | nice 76% | nice 80% | damp 80% | damp 81% | damp 79% |
Rain | rainy 71mm | dry 29mm | dry 46mm | dry 35mm | rainy 71mm | dry 12mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 79mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 52mm | rainy 78mm |
Cloud | cloudy 82% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 86% | overcast 95% |
Air quality | clean 19 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI |
Sun | safe 0 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Remote workers | 257 people | 350 people | 267 people | 375 people | 550 people | 400 people | 325 people | 475 people | 550 people | 371 people | 400 people | 367 people |
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