⭐️ Total score | 3.67/5 (Rank #121) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,246 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 18Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 A bit cold: 17°C62°F (feels 17°C63°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 66% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 17 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 32 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | High: $3,354 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 5k ppl/km² (15x15m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | United Kingdom |
⏱ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 18 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 17°C 62°F + 😊 Comfy (66%) = feels 17°C 63°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 17 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 32.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Piccadilly |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Ardwick |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Three |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GBP 100 = USD 123 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Takk |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Pret a Manger |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Sugar Junction |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 510,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,249 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Right Move |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | RyanAir |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | RyanAir |
🏥 Best hospital | Bridgewater Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,246 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,288 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,595 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,313 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,012 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $245 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,413 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $66 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 333 listings) | $2,993 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $98 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $12 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $6,986 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $24,341 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $91,526 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members here all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ 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
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 362° cold | 457° cold | 489° cold | 5010° cold | 5412° cool | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 5714° cool | 489° cold | 436° cold |
Real | 394° very cold | 479° cold | 5010° cold | 5010° cold | 5412° cool | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 6418° cool | 6519° mild | 5714° cool | 5010° cold | 457° cold |
Humidity | damp 81% | damp 79% | damp 77% | nice 66% | damp 83% | nice 75% | nice 80% | nice 79% | nice 81% | damp 84% | damp 84% | damp 87% |
Rain | rainy 163mm | rainy 88mm | rainy 109mm | dry 24mm | rainy 158mm | dry 25mm | rainy 100mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 82mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 141mm |
Cloud | cloudy 87% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 87% |
Air quality | clean 37 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI |
Sun | safe 0 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Remote workers | 475 people | 467 people | 520 people | 540 people | 629 people | 625 people | 543 people | 520 people | 540 people | 520 people | 600 people | 620 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 18✈️21min$5,175 / mo14Mbps×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 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 31° 88°🥵AQI 38✈️2h$2,929 / mo🌇 Also went here141 people×To be quite honest, the old town of BRATISLAVA is easy to finish in 1 day + the outer parts of it. Seemed quite mischevious in some ways with the people over there or maybe I am just confusing it with KOSICE which is by far one of the awful experiences I have had in SLOVAKIA.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 34° 93° 31° 89°🥵AQI 38✈️2h$1,786 / mo🌇 Also went here125 people×Stayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 32° 90°🥵AQI 34✈️2h$1,042 / mo🌇 Also went here172 people×Good: - Great local food - Portuguese people are amazingly friendly - Vibrant DN community. It's like the city has been overtaken by remote workers. You will see everyone working on their laptop everywhere you go. - Amazing views whenever you want; you can just get a beer and climb to one of the viewpoints to see the sunset. Easy and magical. - Super cheap Ubers, easy subway Bad: - Housing prices. I'm not kidding, it's the worst I've ever seen. Ultra overpriced. I guess that's the problem when
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 27✈️2h$2,390 / mo🌇 Also went here128 people×I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 83°AQI 53✈️7h$5,660 / mo🌇 Also went here162 people×How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 22✈️11h$7,075 / mo🌇 Also went here132 people×I cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 39° 102° 31° 88°🥵AQI 68✈️13h$1,268 / mo🌇 Also went here147 people×Like everywhere, Singapore has pros and cons. // Pros: // Everything works very well, it's clean, you can use the trains and transport system with a bank card, Grab taxis are efficient and safe, the airport is amazing // Everyone speaks English // Population seems well educated and cosmopolitan // There are lots of parks and green spaces. // Cons: // It's very expensive. For what you get it feels overpriced compared to most Western countries for example. // It's hot and very, very humid. Unti
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 87°🥵AQI 17✈️15h$3,693 / mo🌇 Also went here122 people×