⭐️ Total score | 2.87/5 (Rank #403) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,200 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 45Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 18°C64°F (feels 18°C64°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 67% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 30 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 42 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 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 | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 11 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 45 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 18°C 64°F + 😊 Comfy (67%) = feels 18°C 64°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 42 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | District 19 |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | District 22 |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | The skiing,snowboarding,snowllery |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 630,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,200 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,730 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,301 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,800 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,246 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,520 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,352 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $105 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $83 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $284 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $18 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
👩🏫 International school | $32,500 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ 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
❌ 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 | 436° cold | 415° cold | 6418° cool | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 8127° warm | 8630° warm | 8630° warm | 7926° warm | 7323° mild | 5412° cool | 6116° cool |
Real | 457° cold | 436° very cold | 6317° cool | 6619° mild | 7323° mild | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 7826° warm | 7323° mild | 5312° cool | 6116° cool |
Humidity | nice 35% | nice 38% | nice 31% | nice 30% | nice 33% | nice 38% | nice 41% | nice 39% | nice 38% | nice 39% | nice 32% | nice 37% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 47mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 118mm | dry 50mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 96mm | rainy 51mm | dry 23mm | rainy 70mm |
Cloud | pockets 37% | cloudy 52% | pockets 38% | pockets 31% | pockets 36% | pockets 33% | pockets 34% | pockets 29% | pockets 24% | pockets 34% | pockets 22% | pockets 40% |
Air quality | clean 30 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 467 people | 383 people | 600 people | 467 people | 433 people | 400 people | 677 people | 400 people | 550 people | 486 people | 615 people | 491 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 10° 50° 11° 52°AQI 17✈️9h$5,965 / mo🌇 Also went here166 people×I recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
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