⭐️ Total score |
3.15/5 (Rank #544)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Good |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,580 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 44Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F (feels 34°C93°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 63%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 42 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 20 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Good |
🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 44 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 30°C 86°F + 😊 Comfy (63%) = feels 34°C 93°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 42 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 20.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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📱 Best wireless carrier | Verizon |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍17% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 840,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | American Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,580 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,016 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,865 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,390 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $988 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $330 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,248 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $152 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 64 listings) | $2,466 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $81 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $7 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
50
10° cold |
46
8° cold |
64
18° cool |
70
21° mild |
75
24° warm |
91
33° hot |
99
37° hot |
104
40° hot |
84
29° warm |
75
24° warm |
57
14° cool |
64
18° cool |
Real |
50
10°
cold |
48
9°
cold |
63
17°
cool |
69
21°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
83
29°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
80
27°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
57
14°
cool |
63
17°
cool |
Humidity |
nice 68% |
damp 75% |
nice 54% |
nice 54% |
nice 62% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 70% |
nice 75% |
nice 56% |
nice 68% |
Rain |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 132mm |
rainy 72mm |
dry 48mm |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 74mm |
dry 45mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 48mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 64% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 43% |
Air quality |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun mediocre 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84° AQI 18 ✈️4h $2,122 / mo 14 Mbps ×⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 36° 97° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 47 ✈️28min $2,969 / mo 🌇 Also went here14 people ×
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 30° 85° 🥵 AQI 19 ✈️1h $5,660 / mo 🌇 Also went here33 people ×I guess if you're a nomad this doesn't matter much, but the long-term job pickings here are slim and among the most underpaid for a US city. There seems to be a tacit rent floor that means you won't find a good deal on housing. A lot of people don't seem very invested in their interpersonal relationships here since their ties to the area are often transient.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 23 ✈️1h $5,131 / mo 🌇 Also went here21 people ×In it's current iteration, Houston is a wide-spread, vehicle dependent city and would be a difficult place to exist as a Nomad without a vehicle. Downtown Houston was once a desolate cluster of office buildings that was abandoned at sundown. But now, downtown is currently undergoing a transformation and will soon (5~ years) make for an inhabitable and nomad friendly destination.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun bad 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌤 Feels 43° 109° 34° 94° 🥵 AQI 99 😷 ✈️2h $3,544 / mo 🌇 Also went here13 people ×All in, Austin is a good city. We live in Hill Country now so we're a bit removed. But it's beautiful area once you get away from the highways. A good tech scene. Not too expensive (~$2100 for a nice 2 bedroom apt) for the U.S. Has wineries and breweries galore. Not a great place if you are a recovering alcoholic (!). Cons: extremely hot in the summer; reaches 110 F (43.3 C) in summer afternoons from June - September. Not very diverse. Highways are loud and obnoxious.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌤 Feels 42° 108° 35° 95° 🥵 AQI 38 ✈️2h $3,926 / mo 🌇 Also went here14 people ×Antigua is a fun, historic and compact city with enough international visitors to make it comfortable for any expat for digital nomad. In recent decades the city has evolved into an international Spanish-learning destination, for the high quality of life, tourism amenities, access to nature, and low cost. It's also a few hour drive from one of the most beautiful lakes I've ever seen: Lake Atitlan.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety very bad Tap to open 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69° AQI 46 ✈️3h $1,463 / mo 🌇 Also went here13 people ×Las Vegas is a great tourist destination for me personally. The strip contains every amenities that I need and also there is a lot of stuff to do there without going away from the strip. Las Vegas is inside of a desert so expect it to be really hot in the summer. Otherwise than that, the strip located in Vegas has many things to do, from going to concerts, fancy restaurants, gambling (if that's your thing), attractions (stratosphere, high roller), entertainments, and so many more things to do th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety bad Tap to open ☀️ Feels 35° 95° 38° 100° 🥵 AQI 47 ✈️4h $3,838 / mo 🌇 Also went here14 people ×Lived here for about 3 months as a female. The climate is amazing as it is the City of Eternal Spring. Very reasonable prices everywhere. I stayed in Poblado, but about a 25 minute walk from all the action of Poblado. Walking on the main roads during the day was fine. The local people are amazingly nice. However, once night falls, you have to be careful here. Do not walk on quiet streets. Leave your valuables at home and do not ever show your mobile phone outside on the street. Use an Uber at ni
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety bad Tap to open 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 61 ✈️4h $1,057 / mo 🌇 Also went here13 people ×⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open ☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74° AQI 45 ✈️4h $5,187 / mo 🌇 Also went here14 people ×
I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 29° 85° AQI 84 😷 ✈️5h $4,849 / mo 🌇 Also went here18 people ×How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun bad 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61° AQI 25 ✈️5h $7,075 / mo 🌇 Also went here19 people ×How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67° AQI 19 ✈️9h $5,175 / mo 🌇 Also went here21 people ×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌦 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 32 ✈️9h $5,930 / mo 🌇 Also went here15 people ×Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 29° 84° AQI 50 ✈️10h $3,912 / mo 🌇 Also went here14 people ×I cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 59 ✈️19h $1,265 / mo 🌇 Also went here14 people ×