⭐️ Total score |
3.19/5 (Rank #497)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $919 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 8Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 25°C77°F (feels 25°C77°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 66%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 41 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 32 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$905 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Turkey |
⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 25°C 77°F + 😊 Comfy (66%) = feels 25°C 77°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 41 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 32.75 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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📱 Best wireless carrier | TurkCell |
💸 100 TRY in USD | USD 6.04 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | TRY 1,000 = USD 60 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
💳 Cashless | |
☕️ Best coffee place | Caribou Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,800,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $10,863 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Hepsiburada |
🏠 Apartment listings | Sahibinden |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | EasyJet |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Turkish Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Doruk Bursa |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $919 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $436 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $207 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $59 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $30 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $14 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,254 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $59 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 116 listings) | $1,461 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $48 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $0 |
☕️ Coffee | $0 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $17,500 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $35,000 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $87,500 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
55
13° cool |
52
11° cool |
52
11° cool |
66
19° mild |
72
22° mild |
75
24° warm |
90
32° hot |
91
33° hot |
77
25° warm |
70
21° mild |
63
17° cool |
59
15° cool |
Real |
55
13°
cool |
51
11°
cool |
52
11°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
72
22°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
84
29°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
76
25°
warm |
68
20°
mild |
62
17°
cool |
59
15°
cool |
Humidity |
nice 66% |
nice 67% |
nice 68% |
nice 67% |
nice 62% |
nice 69% |
nice 63% |
nice 58% |
nice 64% |
nice 66% |
nice 65% |
nice 64% |
Rain |
rainy 152mm |
rainy 83mm |
rainy 145mm |
rainy 89mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 69mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 38mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 121mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 72% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 66% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 10% |
clear 6% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 40% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 71% |
Air quality |
bad 138 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
okay 55 US AQI |
clean 10 US AQI |
clean 11 US AQI |
clean 10 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
bad 114 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 300 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 83° AQI 10 ✈️11h $5,660 / mo 🌇 Also went here5 people ×Been living here for more than 3 years. Overall I do not recommend it. Its not terrible but overall theres better options in asia. The city is constantly busy, noisy and polluted (air and landscapes). You can hardly go out for breeze of fresh air or to relax and ease your mind. There is not much nature, beach or mountains for you to escape. Traveling is very restriced because people go crazy due to covid. During the lockdown you couldnt even leave your appartment for a walk outside. They trapp
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun mediocre 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 51 ✈️11h $1,300 / mo 🌇 Also went here6 people ×Like everywhere, Singapore has pros and cons. // Pros: // Everything works very well, it's clean, you can use the trains and transport system with a bank card, Grab taxis are efficient and safe, the airport is amazing // Everyone speaks English // Population seems well educated and cosmopolitan // There are lots of parks and green spaces. // Cons: // It's very expensive. For what you get it feels overpriced compared to most Western countries for example. // It's hot and very, very humid. Unti
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 😀 Fun mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78° AQI 44 ✈️14h $1,341 / mo 🌇 Also went here6 people ×