⭐️ Total score | 2.62/5 (Rank #806) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,046 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 56Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 12°C54°F (feels 11°C52°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 65% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 21 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 33 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 56 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 12°C 54°F + 😊 Comfy (65%) = feels 11°C 52°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 21 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 34 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | N 66th St / Western Ave |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | College of Saint Mary / S 60th St |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | CoVis |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Cali Commons |
☕️ Best coffee place | Caffeine Dreams |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Stories Coffeehouse |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Scooter's Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 450,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 60% 👱♀️ 40% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
🏥 Best hospital | Midwest Surgical Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,046 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,418 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,534 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,581 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,356 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,120 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,120 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $110 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $70 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $351 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $17 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
👩🏫 International school | $7,267 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $8 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 30-1° freezing | 19-7° freezing | 5010° cold | 5412° cool | 6418° cool | 8831° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 7725° warm | 6418° cool | 468° cold | 436° cold |
Real | 341° very cold | 24-5° freezing | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7725° warm | 6418° cool | 4910° cold | 457° cold |
Humidity | damp 86% | damp 76% | nice 66% | nice 57% | nice 72% | nice 61% | sweaty 72% | nice 69% | nice 66% | nice 71% | nice 65% | nice 60% |
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Rain | dry 36mm | dry 32mm | rainy 133mm | dry 44mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 116mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 133mm | dry 14mm | dry 17mm |
Cloud | cloudy 64% | cloudy 58% | pockets 47% | pockets 42% | cloudy 71% | pockets 30% | pockets 24% | pockets 30% | pockets 16% | pockets 45% | pockets 36% | pockets 46% |
Air quality | clean 37 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 240 people | 267 people | 300 people | 300 people | 350 people | 200 people | 280 people | 333 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 29✈️3h$5,343 / mo96Mbps×Des Moines has a surprising amount of bike paths and sweet breweries. It’s a pretty sleepy town but if you happen to get stuck here there are some charming spots!
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 44✈️2h$7,576 / mo129Mbps×In it's current iteration, Houston is a wide-spread, vehicle dependent city and would be a difficult place to exist as a Nomad without a vehicle. Downtown Houston was once a desolate cluster of office buildings that was abandoned at sundown. But now, downtown is currently undergoing a transformation and will soon (5~ years) make for an inhabitable and nomad friendly destination.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels -2° 28° 0° 32°AQI 30✈️1h$3,888 / mo🌇 Also went here36 people×The city of Dallas has captivated me to an extent that I never will find another place so memorizing to live in, with all the opportunities and amenities present.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 1✈️1h$4,161 / mo🌇 Also went here28 people×I really enjoyed my trip to DC for one week. I did NOT feel comfortable walking around many places alone because there are a lot of mentally ill/drugged out people. During daylight with other people I felt fine. There are soo many restaurants, interesting boutique gyms, cool libraries and more. The variety you can find in DC is closer to NYC than you can find most places. The memorials are pretty cool. There are a lot of free museums which are impressive. I liked the Lincoln Memorial/Gettysburg
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 13° 55° 13° 55°AQI 29✈️2h$5,001 / mo🌇 Also went here35 people×Dirty. Hospital system is atrocious. Its like having a bunch of shiny glossy hospitals with poorly educated doctors everywhere. Most people end up going to 'Quickcare ER' places that are plastered all over town. Lets put it this way... The school system fast tracks people to become teachers in almost no time at all & they still quit in droves all the time because kids are out of control. Las Vegas desperately tries to buy status & sophistication but its always cartoony and not organic. Its a tow
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 29✈️2h$4,506 / mo🌇 Also went here34 people×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 44✈️2h$7,576 / mo🌇 Also went here35 people×I don’t recommend living here full time. The summers are unbearably hot and humid and you have to drive 1+ hours to the closest beach. Actually, you have to drive everywhere because everything is a 20+ min drive. Traffic is terrible and everything is under construction. There are lots of bugs, mosquitos, gators, roaches, etc… You can be here for months and not do all the different entertainment, restaurants, experiences the Orlando area has to offer. Disney, Universal, SeaWorld, Legoland, Fu
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 18✈️3h$4,336 / mo🌇 Also went here29 people×Boston is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is the capital of the state, the largest city in New England, and the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The city proper is home to about 617,900 people, making it the largest city in New England and the 26th largest in the United States.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 51😷✈️3h$5,568 / mo🌇 Also went here28 people×I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 29✈️3h$5,343 / mo🌇 Also went here31 people×I guess if you're a nomad this doesn't matter much, but the long-term job pickings here are slim and among the most underpaid for a US city. There seems to be a tacit rent floor that means you won't find a good deal on housing. A lot of people don't seem very invested in their interpersonal relationships here since their ties to the area are often transient.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 30° 86° 27° 80°AQI 26✈️3h$6,033 / mo🌇 Also went here31 people×How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 17✈️3h$5,653 / mo🌇 Also went here30 people×Not my favourite place, but it has some positive qualities. If you want American comforts like Walmart, Costco, Sam's Club and live abroad, this is a good spot. You can also shop from both Amazon US and MX; there are many US/Canadian people here. It's a very comfortable place to be in many ways. For many people, it's a great first digital nomad spot as many things are catered to tourists, making it easier for nomads. There are a lot of great, cheap gyms for every activity you can think of. Th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 37° 99° 29° 84°🥵AQI 21✈️3h$2,570 / mo🌇 Also went here28 people×I find it difficult to understand what people see in this city. The cost to benefit ratio is just so terribly bad! This is by far the most expensive city in Europe (especially in terms of rent), with hardly anything to offer in comparision with other cities like Barcelona, Lisbon or Warsaw. The weather is just average, with cold and windy winters and mediocre summers. It's difficult to come by restaurants that offer anything other than Indian fast food for a decent price - most places are just u
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open✈️9h$6,042 / mo🌇 Also went here33 people×I recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open✈️10h$5,612 / mo🌇 Also went here30 people×Pros: Weather is great and apartments are excellent. Cons: City is dirty including the beaches. Locals are extremely hostile, unfriendly and confrontational. There isn't a huge amount of good things to do in the city - most things are mediocre. People constantly bash into you in the street. Food and coffee is very average. Crime is awful - my apartment was broken into and my suitcase got stolen from the baggage belt at the airport. Air quality is terrible.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 60°AQI 53😷✈️10h$3,816 / mo🌇 Also went here28 people×