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| ⭐️ Total score | 20 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 😄 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 | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 13 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 27°C 81°F + 🌵 Too dry (28%) = feels 26°C 79°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 72 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 203 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 SAR in USD | USD 2.67 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SAR 1,000 = USD 267 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Marie's Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,200,000 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 | $3,207 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,177 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,699 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $771 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,296 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $386 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $108 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $246 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $8 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $8,178 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $11 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ 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 | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 8228° warm | 8630° warm | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 9736° hot | 9032° hot | 8127° warm | 7323° mild |
| Real | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 8630° very warm | 9032° hot | 9736° hot | 10440° hot | 10440° hot | 10440° hot | 9937° hot | 9535° hot | 8228° very warm | 7323° mild |
| Humidity | nice 41% | nice 40% | too dry 24% | too dry 19% | too dry 16% | too dry 9% | too dry 13% | too dry 16% | too dry 20% | too dry 16% | nice 31% | nice 40% |
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| Rain | dry 1mm | dry 4mm | dry 0mm | dry 12mm | dry 3mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 3mm | dry 3mm | dry 0mm | dry 3mm | dry 2mm |
| Cloud | clear 8% | pockets 16% | clear 2% | pockets 21% | pockets 14% | pockets 22% | pockets 29% | pockets 21% | pockets 34% | clear 4% | clear 3% | cloudy 55% |
| Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 500 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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