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| ⭐️ Total score | 97 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | Oman |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 17 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 25°C 78°F + 😊 Comfy (51%) = feels 25°C 77°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 4 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 165 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | OMR 100 = USD 260 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | BizHub |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | GoodCoworking |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Rendez Vous Coffee shop |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Valley VIEW CAFE |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎4% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 25,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $14,277 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 61% 👱♀️ 39% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Dubizzle |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Oman Air |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Muscat Private Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,285 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,420 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,766 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,076 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,259 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,565 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $771 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $59 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $51 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $364 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.86 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2.47 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $7,564 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $13 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Humidity |
nice 52% |
nice 61% |
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nice 49% |
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dry 49mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 14mm |
| Cloud |
clear 2% |
clear 8% |
clear 4% |
clear 8% |
pockets 14% |
clear 4% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 33% |
clear 8% |
clear 5% |
pockets 27% |
| Sun |
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I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
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