⭐️ Total score | 1.99/5 (Rank #1322) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,445 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🤬 Unusably slow: 1Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 23°C74°F (feels 23°C73°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 77% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 1 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 20 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
💰 Income level* | Mediocre: $2,887 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Oceania |
🚩 Country | New Caledonia |
⏱ Average trip length | 12 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (77%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 1 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 20 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | OPT |
💸 1,000 XPF in USD | USD 8.85 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | XPF 10,000 = USD 88 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Barista Cafe |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Nouvata |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Le Caravan |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
📸 Visitors per year | 121,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 2,319 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 100,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $34,641 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Qantas |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Qantas |
🏥 Best hospital | Clinique Kuino-magnin |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,445 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,999 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $7,370 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,106 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,106 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $584 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,420 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $113 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 31 listings) | $1,525 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $50 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $27 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $11 |
☕️ Coffee | $9 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 8429° warm | 9133° hot |
Real | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 7926° warm | 8228° very warm |
Humidity | sweaty 92% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 79% | nice 83% | nice 81% | nice 77% | nice 75% | nice 73% | nice 72% | nice 81% | nice 80% | sweaty 85% |
Rain | rainy 355mm | rainy 255mm | rainy 66mm | rainy 205mm | rainy 84mm | dry 30mm | dry 35mm | dry 19mm | rainy 52mm | rainy 157mm | rainy 54mm | rainy 183mm |
Cloud | overcast 91% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 73% |
Air quality | clean 24 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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