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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 220 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Kazakhstan |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 9 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 19°C 65°F + Humid (79%) = feels 20°C 68°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 13 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | http://www.kcell.kz/ |
| 💸 1,000 KZT in USD | USD 2.38 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KZT 100,000 = USD 238 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | http://multispace.kz/ |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | http://www.eagilik.com/ |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | http://hotel diplomat & business center |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | http://www.diplomathotel.kz/ |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 810,000 people |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | http://www.travelmob.com |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Astana |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Astana |
| 🏥 Best hospital | http://capital hostel astana |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,238 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $845 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,641 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $469 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $358 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $79 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $752 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $35 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (104 listings) | $1,313 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $43 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very humid now
❌ Nomad List members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many members go here
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 7-14° freezing | 5-15° freezing | 23-5° freezing | 5010° cold | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 8228° warm | 7524° warm | 5915° cool | 5412° cool | 10-12° freezing | 14-10° freezing |
| Real | 14-10° freezing | 14-10° freezing | 30-1° freezing | 5111° cool | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 8127° warm | 7524° warm | 5915° cool | 5513° cool | 19-8° freezing | 21-6° freezing |
| Humidity | nice 60% | nice 61% | damp 77% | nice 57% | nice 39% | nice 63% | nice 49% | nice 49% | nice 62% | nice 56% | nice 66% | nice 70% |
| Rain | dry 3mm | dry 9mm | dry 12mm | dry 19mm | dry 10mm | dry 50mm | dry 23mm | dry 13mm | dry 17mm | dry 21mm | dry 15mm | dry 14mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 85% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 51% | pockets 35% | cloudy 53% | pockets 32% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 89% |
| Air quality | okay 89 US AQI | okay 87 US AQI | okay 76 US AQI | okay 88 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | clean 51 US AQI | clean 62 US AQI | clean 53 US AQI | clean 65 US AQI | clean 61 US AQI | clean 63 US AQI | okay 84 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | safe 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 1 people | 0 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people |
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