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| ⭐️ Total score | 9 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 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 | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Finland |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 16°C 61°F + 💦 Damp (78%) = feels 16°C 61°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 6 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 54 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Elisa |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 102 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Bisketti |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $43,339 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Verkkokauppa |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Oikotie |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Finnair |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Finnair |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Mehiläinen Oulu |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,625 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,329 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,688 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $768 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $509 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $336 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,346 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $110 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 4 listings) | $1,874 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $61 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 12-11° freezing | 5-15° freezing | 23-5° freezing | 341° cold | 436° cold | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 6418° cool | 5010° cold | 436° cold | 28-2° freezing | 10-12° freezing |
| Real | 18-8° freezing | 13-11° freezing | 30-1° freezing | 373° very cold | 468° cold | 6619° mild | 7222° mild | 6317° cool | 5111° cool | 468° cold | 331° very cold | 18-8° freezing |
| Humidity | damp 72% | damp 73% | damp 77% | damp 81% | damp 76% | nice 69% | nice 71% | damp 83% | damp 76% | damp 86% | damp 79% | damp 74% |
| Rain | rainy 57mm | dry 41mm | dry 38mm | rainy 68mm | rainy 83mm | rainy 70mm | dry 43mm | rainy 115mm | rainy 60mm | rainy 126mm | dry 36mm | dry 32mm |
| Cloud | overcast 94% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 61% | pockets 49% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 75% | overcast 97% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 85% |
| Air quality | clean 0 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | okay 54 US AQI | okay 54 US AQI | okay 54 US AQI | okay 54* US AQI | okay 54* US AQI | okay 54* US AQI |
| Sun | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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