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| 🌍 Region | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Ukraine |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 22 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 13°C 55°F + Humid (90%) = feels 13°C 55°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Lifecell |
| 💸 100 UAH in USD | USD 3.53 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | UAH 10,000 = USD 353 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Yard Hostel & Coffee Shop |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Pid Templem |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 230,000 people |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Rozetka |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Nadia |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ukraine International |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Ukraine International |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Clinic Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $707 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $385 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $571 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $163 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $71 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $71 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $443 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $21 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (11 listings) | $696 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $23 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $2,500 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $5,000 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $12,500 |
Hey everyone,
Thinking about spending some time in Odessa, Ukraine. Not sure if the current political climate is open to US tourists. I have seen on basic immigration sites that at 90 day stint is allowable, but I have friends who have been denied from going to Crimea (which seems to be more linked to the current conflict). Not sure if it is worth buying a flight. If anyone has input l greatly appreciate it.
Jason
@JasonMM, if you are a U.S. citizen, you do not need to have a Ukrainian visa as long as you will be in Ukraine for fewer than 90 days within a 180-day period. You need a visa or valid Ukrainian residency permit for all stays longer than 90 days.
Sure, at this time you can’t go to Crimea because of conflict with Russia, but happily, Odessa isn’t in the Crimean Peninsula and you can visit Odessa without any fears and doubts 
Also, I recommend you visit Kyiv and Lviv if you’ll have enough time
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Freedom of speech
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very humid now
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| Real | 28-2° freezing | 373° very cold | 489° cold | 5513° cool | 6317° cool | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 6820° mild | 6418° cool | 5211° cool | 394° very cold |
| Humidity | damp 80% | damp 77% | nice 63% | nice 66% | damp 84% | nice 81% | nice 73% | nice 69% | nice 65% | nice 70% | damp 81% | damp 78% |
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| Air quality | okay 110 US AQI | clean 25** US AQI | okay 83 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 25** US AQI | clean 25** US AQI | okay 90 US AQI |
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Based on Ivano-Frankivsk's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
The center around Rynok Square was awesome with scenic views, street performers, interesting and creative restaurants, places to grab a beer/wine, coffee shops, pedestrian areas, etc. During the school year one out of five people in Lviv are students and so it definitely has a college town vibe. Personally I think it's Ukraine's best city and I found the cost of living value ratio to be superb. The co-working space I went to (iHub) had a good mix of locals and foreign digital nomads.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 18🚕4h$912 / mo25MbpsEverybody was speaking so positive about Cluj so I tried it for 2 months there. In the end it was rather disappointing, the vibe of the city is somewhat uninspiring, even a bit depressing the longer you stay. The old town is cute with bars and restaurants, but after a few days there's nothing new to discover. Very ugly that there's to much car traffic for such a small city, there are literally cars everywhere. It might be a good choice for couples enjoying to live a traditional life, but for nom
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 30✈️20min$1,724 / mo41MbpsGreat city with a lot of students, cheap and walkable. After a year it was kind of boring, so I moved to another destination. I like it. Long live Lubelskie!
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 59✈️29min$1,598 / mo28MbpsBrasov looks like any historic German city, but Brasov is a resort city, the entire old town is only catered to tourism. There's nothing special about it.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 20✈️29min$1,454 / mo31MbpsMy main concern with Chisinau is that there is basically only one decent coffee shop in town, namely the Tucano coffee. This means you'll be drinking their lousy coffee at all times, and after a week or so the city is slightly depressing to be honest. However, there are nice affordable Soviet-style cantines all around the city, so you can eat well for less than US$3. Hostels are also OK.
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 13° 55° 14° 58°AQI 32✈️35min$1,377 / mo39MbpsKiev was a real bargain around 2016/17... Nowadays 2020, its prices are again comparable to a German city. Especially for same quality, since apartments here are the ugliest all over the continent. Many Turkish sex tourists looking for girls... and local girls therefore avoid foreign men because they think you're sex tourist too.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 15° 59° 16° 61°AQI 84😷✈️36min$1,510 / mo31MbpsThe center around Rynok Square was awesome with scenic views, street performers, interesting and creative restaurants, places to grab a beer/wine, coffee shops, pedestrian areas, etc. During the school year one out of five people in Lviv are students and so it definitely has a college town vibe. Personally I think it's Ukraine's best city and I found the cost of living value ratio to be superb. The co-working space I went to (iHub) had a good mix of locals and foreign digital nomads.
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 13° 55° 14° 58°AQI 114😷✈️36min$1,856 / mo🌇 Also went here2 peopleKiev was a real bargain around 2016/17... Nowadays 2020, its prices are again comparable to a German city. Especially for same quality, since apartments here are the ugliest all over the continent. Many Turkish sex tourists looking for girls... and local girls therefore avoid foreign men because they think you're sex tourist too.
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 5✈️54min$1,515 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleMy husband and I spent about 6 weeks testing Prague in Nov-Dec 2018 as we were considering it as a semi-permanent base of operations for the next year or two. Honestly it was great and we plan on leaving Malta where we have been for the past year. Pluses - transportation is very good and quite cheap, tons of restaurants, lots to do. People are more reserved, perhaps even a bit suspicious, so I would not say it was an OVERLY welcoming vibe, however there are a lot of expats from the US, CA, UK
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 29° 84° 28° 82°AQI 42✈️4h$2,420 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
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