⭐️ Total score |
1.86/5 (Rank #1252)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😳 Way too expensive: $13,139 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 0.50Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Freezing
: -26°C-16°F (feels -30°C-22°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 80%
|
👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$0 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Antarctica |
🚩 Country | Antarctica |
🗓️ Average trip length | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 0.5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 -26°C -16°F + 💦 Damp (80%) = feels -30°C -22°F
|
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000 people |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | USAP |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | USAP |
🏥 Best hospital | McMurdo General Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $13,139 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $7,251 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $15,064 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $4,304 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $10,675 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $3,557 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $500 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $500 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $26 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $7 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $11 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $10 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Cold all year round
❌ Very damp now
❌ Hospitals are bad
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
21
-6° freezing |
18
-8° freezing |
-13
-25° freezing |
-0
-18° freezing |
-27
-33° freezing |
3
-16° freezing |
-17
-27° freezing |
-42
-41° freezing |
5
-15° freezing |
-8
-22° freezing |
19
-7° freezing |
23
-5° freezing |
Real |
27
-3°
freezing |
23
-5°
freezing |
-2
-19°
freezing |
7
-14°
freezing |
-15
-26°
freezing |
9
-13°
freezing |
-6
-21°
freezing |
-31
-35°
freezing |
12
-11°
freezing |
-0
-18°
freezing |
24
-5°
freezing |
27
-3°
freezing |
Humidity |
nice 38% |
nice 33% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 12% |
too dry 12% |
too dry 11% |
too dry 17% |
too dry 9% |
too dry 16% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 29% |
nice 34% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 11mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 1mm |
Cloud |
pockets 39% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 27% |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 333 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 240 people | 200 people |
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