🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.54/5 |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,397 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 8Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 21°C70°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Way too humid: 86% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy: 67 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Great |
👍 Quality of life | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🙊 English speaking | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
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🌍 Region | Middle East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Bahrain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 3 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌧 21°C 70°F + 💦 Humid (86%) + 💨 7km/h = Feels like 24°C 75°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 67 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | Batelco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: BHD 100 | USD 265 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💻 Best coworking space | RUKN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Lilou | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | MAYAN Coffee Shop & Lounge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 150,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👫 Gender ratio | 👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏠 Apartment listings | Agoda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Gulf Air | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏥 Best hospital | The International Hospital of Bahrain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
low taxbeachairportmildmild nowslow internetlow crimehigh humiditymany menfriendly peopleadult nightlife |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $2,397 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,624 / 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 | $1,991 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $93 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (40 listings) | $2,717 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $89 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $5 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.53 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $1.78 |
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✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Very humid now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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