⭐️ Total score |
2.53/5 (Rank #901)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,039 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 0.00Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 2°C36°F (feels 0°C0°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 49%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 109 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$108 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | North Korea |
⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 2°C 36°F + 😊 Comfy (49%) = feels 0°C 0°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 109 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz50Hz |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | Viennese Coffee Shops |
☕️ Best coffee place | Viennese Coffee Shops |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,600,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,300 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Korea DPR |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Koryo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Koryo |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,039 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,998 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,358 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,245 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $485 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,006 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $23 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $360 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
18
-8° freezing |
37
3° cold |
52
11° cool |
59
15° cool |
70
21° mild |
77
25° warm |
100
38° hot |
88
31° hot |
75
24° warm |
64
18° cool |
50
10° cold |
30
-1° freezing |
Real |
23
-5°
freezing |
40
5°
very cold |
52
11°
cool |
59
15°
cool |
68
20°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
86
30°
very warm |
81
27°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
63
17°
cool |
50
10°
cold |
34
1°
very cold |
Humidity |
nice 64% |
nice 61% |
nice 66% |
nice 54% |
nice 67% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 85% |
nice 77% |
nice 70% |
nice 70% |
nice 64% |
Rain |
dry 15mm |
dry 6mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 121mm |
rainy 165mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 207mm |
rainy 157mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 71mm |
dry 16mm |
Cloud |
pockets 38% |
pockets 25% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 31% |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 400 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 400 people |
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