⭐️ Total score | 2.93/5 (Rank #890) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,466 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 6Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 34°C94°F (feels 48°C118°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 75% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 104 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 147 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Low: $1,882 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Bahrain |
⏱ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 34°C 94°F + 🥵 Sweaty (75%) = feels 48°C 118°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 104 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 147 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Batelco |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BHD 100 = USD 265 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Lilou |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | MAYAN Coffee Shop & Lounge |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 150,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $22,579 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 65% 👱♀️ 35% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Agoda |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Gulf Air |
🏥 Best hospital | The International Hospital of Bahrain |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,466 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,659 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,187 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $911 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $796 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $117 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,086 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $98 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 48 listings) | $2,860 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $94 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.53 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $1.78 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 8429° warm | 10038° hot | 10842° scorching | 13155° scorching | 13356° scorching | 11345° scorching | 10440° hot | 8429° warm | 7222° mild |
Real | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 8228° very warm | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 10038° hot | 9535° hot | 9032° hot | 8127° warm | 7222° mild |
Humidity | nice 67% | nice 70% | nice 61% | nice 58% | nice 56% | nice 59% | nice 66% | nice 63% | nice 61% | nice 67% | nice 63% | nice 65% |
Rain | dry 1mm | dry 5mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 6mm |
Cloud | pockets 16% | pockets 20% | pockets 11% | pockets 24% | clear 2% | clear 0% | pockets 19% | clear 4% | clear 7% | clear 1% | clear 6% | cloudy 63% |
Air quality | bad 112 US AQI | bad 128 US AQI | bad 131 US AQI | bad 112 US AQI | bad 143 US AQI | bad 146 US AQI | bad 149 US AQI | bad 148 US AQI | bad 153 US AQI | bad 131 US AQI | bad 101 US AQI | bad 119 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 267 people | 267 people | 250 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 36° 97° 29° 85°🥵AQI 34✈️3h$1,195 / mo3Mbps×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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