⭐️ Total score | 2.6/5 (Rank #829) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,598 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 6Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 23°C74°F (feels 23°C73°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 67% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 Moderate: 76 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 147 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Very bad |
💰 Income level* | Mediocre: $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 | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 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) | 🌥 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (67%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 76 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 147 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BHD 100 = USD 265 |
💻 Best coworking space | RUKN |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Batelco |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Lilou |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | MAYAN Coffee Shop & Lounge |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 150,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $22,579 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 65% 👱♀️ 35% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ 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 | $3,598 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,741 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,235 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,496 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,139 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,844 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,279 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $53 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $126 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $323 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $13 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ 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
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Too expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ 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 | 333 people | 300 people | 400 people | 280 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people | 240 people | 200 people | 240 people |
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