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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 211 reviews |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
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| 🌍 Region | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Ukraine |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 29 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 6°C 43°F + 💦 Damp (91%) = feels 4°C 39°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 90 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 17 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Kyivstar |
| 💸 100 UAH in USD | USD 2.92 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | UAH 10,000 = USD 292 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Impact Hub Odessa |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Coworking Odessa |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | People Café |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 990,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $2,099 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 43% 👱♀️ 57% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Rozetka |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | OLX |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ukraine International |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Ukraine International |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Clinica Medeya |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | €734 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €494 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €1,012 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €289 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €201 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €89 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | €266 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | €12 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €1 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $2,500 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $5,000 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $12,500 |
I have a slightly above average US income which I can work remotely from paired with a $1000 a month income stream and more than enough to purchase a middle end Flat in Ukraine. Does anyone with knowledge of this process have any advice to acquire a reliable way to stay in the country?
Hey everyone,
Thinking about spending some time in Odessa, Ukraine. Not sure if the current political climate is open to US tourists. I have seen on basic immigration sites that at 90 day stint is allowable, but I have friends who have been denied from going to Crimea (which seems to be more linked to the current conflict). Not sure if it is worth buying a flight. If anyone has input l greatly appreciate it.
Jason
@JasonMM, if you are a U.S. citizen, you do not need to have a Ukrainian visa as long as you will be in Ukraine for fewer than 90 days within a 180-day period. You need a visa or valid Ukrainian residency permit for all stays longer than 90 days.
Sure, at this time you can’t go to Crimea because of conflict with Russia, but happily, Odessa isn’t in the Crimean Peninsula and you can visit Odessa without any fears and doubts 
Also, I recommend you visit Kyiv and Lviv if you’ll have enough time
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Nomad List members liked going here
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
❌ Dangerous
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many members go here
❌ 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+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| Feels | 30-1° freezing | 373° cold | 489° cold | 5513° cool | 7021° mild | 8630° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° warm | 7323° mild | 6418° cool | 5010° cold | 457° cold |
| Real | 362° very cold | 426° very cold | 5010° cold | 5614° cool | 7021° mild | 8429° very warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 7323° mild | 6317° cool | 5211° cool | 489° cold |
| Humidity | damp 72% | nice 67% | nice 57% | nice 59% | nice 68% | nice 53% | nice 53% | nice 52% | nice 48% | nice 69% | damp 75% | nice 70% |
| Rain | dry 26mm | dry 5mm | dry 5mm | dry 17mm | dry 13mm | rainy 119mm | dry 26mm | dry 35mm | dry 14mm | dry 11mm | dry 7mm | dry 17mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 80% | cloudy 68% | pockets 38% | cloudy 51% | pockets 44% | pockets 40% | pockets 29% | pockets 12% | pockets 38% | pockets 27% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 68% |
| Air quality | okay 55 US AQI | clean 17* US AQI | clean 17* US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | okay 70 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 3 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | safe 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 4° 39° 6° 43°AQI 42✈️50min€834 / mo26MbpsBerlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 11° 52° 12° 53°AQI 41✈️50min€889 / mo10MbpsLived there for 6 months. Incredibly "tough" city. Everything is concrete or dirt. Still has a Soviet vibe in 2020. One main street in the city center is vibrant and modern, but head one metro stop in any direction and its 1982 all over again. Almost no English, even with young people. Russian is preferred language even through there is a very strong anti-Russia/anti-Putin sentiment in the city, and rightfully so. However, all the street names and landmarks are in Ukrainian, so you need to mix t
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 31° 88°🥵AQI 169😷✈️10h€1,199 / mo22MbpsNice city. Need cash in many places still hence long lines for ATMs. Safe. Pretty. Goes from cloudy to sunny to cloudy to sunny. Take a bike tour to see the city. I stay in Chapinero which was nice. There a gym called Body Tech and they'll let you work out there for free your first time. No water fountains though so bring your own.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 38✈️14h€894 / mo14MbpsI was skeptical but have really enjoyed it. It's considered a growing 'hipster capital' of Thailand, after Chiang Mai, with its easy access to Bangkok for wealthy weekenders on breaks, and the opening of Seenspace, a massive hotel + food and drink emporium. Train to Bangkok is older and slower, but avoids traffic. There are plenty of mini-buses and taxis plying the route as well. Figure 4 hours door to door. It's blissfully free of digital nomads (even though there is a coworking space and pl
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 25✈️2h€2,413 / mo24MbpsI've been in Kiev on and off since 2016. A nice city in summer. Walkable. Beaches. Nature. Interesting, cultured people. Great restaurant scene. 30 degrees and sunny isn't uncommon. In winter it's a harsh place to live - the city's infrastructure (water, heating, roads) can't handle it. Lots of coworking spaces and good cafes. Many talented, low-priced freelancers available to hire. The Airbnbs in the city are generally awful - either filled with ancient Soviet furniture or ugly, cheap modern
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️35min€1,182 / mo🌇 Also went here43 peopleLived there for 6 months. Incredibly "tough" city. Everything is concrete or dirt. Still has a Soviet vibe in 2020. One main street in the city center is vibrant and modern, but head one metro stop in any direction and its 1982 all over again. Almost no English, even with young people. Russian is preferred language even through there is a very strong anti-Russia/anti-Putin sentiment in the city, and rightfully so. However, all the street names and landmarks are in Ukrainian, so you need to mix t
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️45min€829 / mo🌇 Also went here26 peopleThe center around Rynok Square was awesome with scenic views, street performers, interesting and creative restaurants, places to grab a beer/wine, coffee shops, pedestrian areas, etc. During the school year one out of five people in Lviv are students and so it definitely has a college town vibe. Personally I think it's Ukraine's best city and I found the cost of living value ratio to be superb. The co-working space I went to (iHub) had a good mix of locals and foreign digital nomads.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 4° 39° 6° 43°AQI 42✈️50min€834 / mo🌇 Also went here29 peopleI spent one year in Istanbul and it's absolutely amazing. The city is really safe, I went back home really late during the night, walking, without any problem. Parties are really fun and there are all kinds of spots to have fun (bars, nightclubs, restaurants...). The city has a lot of cafés to work at and most of them have free and reliable wifi. Definitely recommend!
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 11° 52° 12° 53°AQI 41✈️50min€889 / mo🌇 Also went here16 peopleI'm from Moscow though do not live there at the moment. Actually it's a good city to live in if you enjoy big cities. Lots of activities (including lots of free ones), huge parks, very walkable, great public transportation, groceries are cheap, people are nice but seem cold because of their mentality. You can go to Moscow region by commuter train to enjoy the countryside or swim. Safety is underrated. Moscow is very safe, it's totally ok to walk at night, I had nothing stolen in 7 years of my li
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌫 Feels -1° 30° 1° 33°AQI 103😷✈️2h€1,492 / mo🌇 Also went here14 peopleBerlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46°AQI 46✈️2h€2,518 / mo🌇 Also went here19 peopleOne giant tourist trap. Giant hordes of rich Europeans vacationing with their parents credit cards.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 4° 39° 6° 42°AQI 20✈️3h€3,692 / mo🌇 Also went here17 peopleSuper fun and beautiful city. I find Parisians are actually very patient and warm if you at least attempt to speak French; in my experience, most people who complain that they're rude are the ones making zero effort to speak the language. Expensive though and not very easy to meet other nomads.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 7° 45° 8° 46°AQI 44✈️3h€3,546 / mo🌇 Also went here33 peopleLondon is a SO beautiful city. The historical center is cute, but also majestic and luxurious. You feel the culture at every step. British people are really kind and welcoming! Plus, more than just one, you can enjoy TWO skylines 😍 so many skyscrapers, nothing beats its collection in Europe.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 5° 41° 6° 43°AQI 54✈️3h€3,390 / mo🌇 Also went here14 peopleDuring winter is quite safe plus much cheaper. Some nightclubs are free and yet there is still a lot of people. Great por lgbtq+ community.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 12° 54° 14° 57°AQI 38✈️3h€2,413 / mo🌇 Also went here14 people
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