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| ⭐️ Total score | 215 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | Saudi Arabia |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 11 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 37°C 99°F + 🌵 Too dry (30%) = feels 39°C 102°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 93 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | STC |
| 💸 10 SAR in USD | USD 2.66 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SAR 1,000 = USD 266 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 8,745,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 167,598 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $19,817 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Qatar |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,151 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,370 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,700 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $771 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $569 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $88 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,293 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $201 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 10 listings) | $1,711 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $56 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $8 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Too expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 8630° warm | 8630° warm | 9535° hot | 10038° hot | 10641° scorching | 11144° scorching | 10842° scorching | 10943° scorching | 11546° scorching | 10842° scorching | 9736° hot | 8630° warm |
| Real | 8228° very warm | 8329° very warm | 9133° hot | 9535° hot | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 10038° hot | 10038° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9032° hot | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | nice 61% | nice 54% | nice 43% | nice 39% | nice 34% | nice 35% | nice 36% | nice 39% | nice 48% | nice 46% | nice 53% | nice 55% |
| Rain | dry 16mm | dry 14mm | dry 1mm | dry 16mm | dry 2mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 2mm | dry 5mm | dry 2mm | dry 4mm | dry 5mm |
| Cloud | pockets 18% | pockets 25% | clear 4% | pockets 26% | pockets 18% | pockets 27% | cloudy 59% | pockets 33% | pockets 42% | clear 6% | clear 6% | pockets 38% |
| Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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