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| ⭐️ Total score | 1 reviews |
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| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | Kurdistan |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 15°C 59°F + 😊 Comfy (50%) = feels 15°C 59°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 29 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| ☕️ Best coffee place | Korek Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $7,000 / year |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Kurdigo |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Iraqi Airways |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Iraqi Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Kirkuk General Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,111 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,269 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,348 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $671 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,220 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,674 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $510 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $57 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $55 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $8 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Humidity |
nice 45% |
nice 58% |
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too dry 29% |
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nice 41% |
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rainy 63mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 42% |
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| Sun |
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You'll be surprised how people are welcoming. Food is the best thing. Everything is cheap. But consider govt is religous, woman have to wear hijab. I think safety is not that bad, just don't go outside very late, there isn't night life there at all and watch out when you use your mobile in street. Before going there, get a vpn subscription from ExpressVpn (it works great), without vpn internet is nearly useless. It's a great place for a short visit, but not recommended for a long time stay. No i
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