⭐️ Total score |
1.95/5 (Rank #1211)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🙂 Okay: $2,881 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 13Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 32°C90°F (feels 33°C91°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 40%
|
👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Great
|
💰 Income level* |
Mediocre:
$1,651 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Saudi Arabia |
🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 13 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 32°C 90°F + 😊 Comfy (40%) = feels 33°C 91°F
|
🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Careem |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 SAR in USD | USD 2.67 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SAR 1,000 = USD 267 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
📸 Visitors per year | 8,745,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 167,598 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $19,817 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 93% 👱♀️ 7% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Qatar |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,881 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,406 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,213 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $632 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,572 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,706 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $307 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $120 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $89 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $246 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $7 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $3,776 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $11 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
77
25° warm |
77
25° warm |
81
27° warm |
86
30° warm |
91
33° hot |
95
35° hot |
95
35° hot |
93
34° hot |
93
34° hot |
90
32° hot |
82
28° warm |
79
26° warm |
Real |
77
25°
warm |
79
26°
warm |
85
30°
very warm |
91
33°
hot |
96
36°
hot |
99
37°
hot |
98
37°
hot |
97
36°
hot |
95
35°
hot |
92
34°
hot |
85
30°
very warm |
80
27°
warm |
Humidity |
nice 31% |
too dry 27% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 19% |
too dry 17% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 23% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 28% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 15mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 2mm |
Cloud |
clear 9% |
pockets 12% |
clear 2% |
pockets 13% |
clear 9% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 21% |
clear 3% |
clear 3% |
pockets 19% |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 333 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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