⭐️ Total score | 3.24/5 (Rank #376) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,884 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 55Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 28°C83°F (feels 32°C90°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 79% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 51 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 35 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 55 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (79%) = feels 32°C 90°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 51 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 35 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | T-Mobile |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | The Creme Coffee House |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 59,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Apartmentguide |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Delta |
🏥 Best hospital | Owensboro Health |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,884 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,637 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,632 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,038 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $640 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $275 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,886 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $88 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 3 listings) | $1,765 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $58 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 362° cold | 28-2° freezing | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 7021° mild | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9535° hot | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 468° cold | 5412° cool |
Real | 394° very cold | 341° very cold | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 7021° mild | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 489° cold | 5513° cool |
Humidity | damp 77% | damp 75% | nice 61% | nice 63% | nice 69% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 85% | nice 76% | nice 81% | nice 66% | damp 74% |
Rain | rainy 118mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 147mm | rainy 97mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 153mm | rainy 146mm | rainy 83mm | rainy 108mm | rainy 106mm | dry 41mm | rainy 126mm |
Cloud | cloudy 79% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 51% | pockets 39% | cloudy 52% | pockets 35% | pockets 36% | pockets 37% | pockets 26% | cloudy 56% | pockets 38% | cloudy 60% |
Air quality | clean 34 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
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