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| ⭐️ Total score | 662 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Switzerland |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 79 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 1°C 34°F + 💦 Damp (94%) = feels -1°C 30°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 20 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 2 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Seefeld |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Wollishofen |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CHF 100 = USD 114 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | CoLab Zurich |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Impact Hub |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 2,240,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 42,930 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 400,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $79,609 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Digitec |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Easyjet |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Swiss |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,444 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,943 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $8,624 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,464 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,990 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,711 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,711 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $187 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $122 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $407 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $26 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $6 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $10 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $6 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $37,090 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $58 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $21 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $4,328 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $14,553 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $65,337 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members here all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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55
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23° mild |
72
22° mild |
70
21° mild |
70
21° mild |
57
14° cool |
46
8° cold |
39
4° cold |
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| Humidity |
damp 76% |
damp 72% |
nice 65% |
nice 62% |
damp 74% |
nice 77% |
nice 84% |
nice 79% |
nice 79% |
damp 75% |
damp 78% |
damp 79% |
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| Rain |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 195mm |
rainy 137mm |
rainy 210mm |
rainy 117mm |
rainy 51mm |
dry 38mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 127mm |
| Cloud |
overcast 92% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 89% |
| Air quality |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 1 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
clean 3 US AQI |
clean 2 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
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Great for tourism, bad for living. The City has a fascinating contrast of old and new. You will never get bored, it’s easy to meet people and have fun. Infrastructure and food are great. Thai people are friendly and welcoming, even when it not always feels genuine. With that said, it’s not a good city for long term living. It’s too hot and humid. Felt air temperature is between 37°C-45°C almost year round during the day. It’s makes all outdoor activity unpleasant. Getting your daily d
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So… amazing food. Great public transportation. Very clean. But very conformist. Self expression limited. The irony of seeing an exhibit on graffiti, yet no actual graffiti in the streets. And the causal racism especially if you’re brown. You could be British born but still expect to be sat far away from everyone else at cocktail bars, experience comments and have weird assumptions made.
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