⭐️ Total score | 2.54/5 (Rank #947) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,055 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 39Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Freezing : -2°C28°F (feels -4°C25°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 50% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 33 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 26 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 29 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 39 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ -2°C 28°F + 😊 Comfy (50%) = feels -4°C 25°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 33 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 27 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Catalyst Cafe & Espresso Bar |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 5% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 71,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Community Medical Center MT |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,055 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,645 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,326 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,522 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,980 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,534 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,115 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $93 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $116 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $382 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $26,500 / year |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 373° cold | 28-2° freezing | 436° cold | 5211° cool | 5714° cool | 7725° warm | 8429° warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 5513° cool | 457° cold | 0° freezing |
Real | 373° very cold | 320° freezing | 436° very cold | 5211° cool | 5714° cool | 7725° warm | 8630° very warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 5513° cool | 457° cold | 341° very cold |
Humidity | nice 60% | nice 61% | nice 59% | nice 48% | nice 56% | nice 49% | nice 35% | nice 48% | nice 40% | nice 53% | nice 60% | nice 60% |
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Rain | dry 39mm | rainy 83mm | dry 41mm | rainy 52mm | rainy 104mm | dry 38mm | dry 10mm | rainy 53mm | dry 21mm | dry 33mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 76mm |
Cloud | cloudy 71% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 58% | pockets 26% | pockets 10% | pockets 35% | pockets 30% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 87% |
Air quality | clean 38 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | okay 54 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 250 people | 400 people | 200 people | 233 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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