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| ⭐️ Total score | 186 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | North Korea |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 6°C 42°F + 💦 Damp (76%) = feels 5°C 41°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz50Hz |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Koryolink |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 270,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,300 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 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 | $2,452 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $611 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,510 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $431 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $150 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $360 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,763 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $83 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ 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 | 341° cold | 341° cold | 489° cold | 6116° cool | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 9535° hot | 9032° hot | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 5010° cold | 362° cold |
| Real | 362° very cold | 373° very cold | 5010° cold | 6116° cool | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7625° warm | 6820° mild | 5111° cool | 373° very cold |
| Humidity | nice 41% | nice 45% | nice 52% | nice 54% | nice 54% | nice 69% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 81% | nice 77% | nice 67% | nice 56% | nice 66% |
| Rain | dry 0mm | dry 8mm | dry 17mm | dry 18mm | dry 19mm | rainy 111mm | rainy 68mm | dry 42mm | rainy 95mm | dry 10mm | dry 29mm | dry 30mm |
| Cloud | pockets 28% | pockets 37% | pockets 33% | pockets 50% | pockets 34% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 75% | pockets 37% | pockets 43% | pockets 49% |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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