⭐️ Total score | 2.25/5 (Rank #1258) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $13,202 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🤬 Unusably slow: 0.50Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Freezing : -26°C-15°F (feels -26°C-15°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 0% |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $0 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Antarctica |
🚩 Country | Antarctica |
⏱ Average trip length | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 0.5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ -26°C -15°F + 🌵 Too dry (0%) = feels -26°C -15°F |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000 people |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | USAP |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | USAP |
🏥 Best hospital | McMurdo General Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $13,202 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $7,285 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $15,124 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $4,321 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $10,675 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $3,557 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $500 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $500 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $26 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $7 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $11 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $10 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Cold all year round
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Hospitals are bad
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 21-6° freezing | 7-14° freezing | -13-25° freezing | -29-34° freezing | -27-33° freezing | -24-31° freezing | -17-27° freezing | -42-41° freezing | -20-29° freezing | -8-22° freezing | 10-12° freezing | 23-5° freezing |
Real | 27-3° freezing | 14-10° freezing | -2-19° freezing | -19-29° freezing | -15-26° freezing | -15-26° freezing | -6-21° freezing | -31-35° freezing | -9-23° freezing | -0-18° freezing | 16-9° freezing | 27-3° freezing |
Humidity | damp 75% | nice 65% | nice 48% | too dry 25% | too dry 24% | too dry 21% | nice 33% | too dry 17% | nice 33% | nice 36% | nice 59% | nice 67% |
Rain | dry 22mm | dry 11mm | dry 20mm | dry 6mm | dry 20mm | dry 13mm | dry 15mm | dry 2mm | rainy 52mm | dry 4mm | dry 16mm | dry 2mm |
Cloud | cloudy 78% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 73% | pockets 47% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 53% |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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