🏆 Nomad Score™ | 4.45/5 |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,541 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 11Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 13°C56°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Humid: 71% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy: 71 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Good |
👍 Quality of life | Good |
😤 People density | 🤨 Busy: 10k ppl/km² (10x10m) |
❤️ Rated by nomads | 👍12 likes vs. 👎2 dislikes |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Great |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🙊 English speaking | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Okay |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
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🌍 Region | Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 6 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | ☀️ 13°C 56°F + 💦 Humid (71%) + 💨 4km/h = Feels like 13°C 55°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 71 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎 53 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | AVEA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 10 TRY in USD | USD 1.71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: TRY 1,000 | USD 171 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 14% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📸 Visitors per year | 8,642,300 visitors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📸 Tourists now | 165,629 tourists | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 14,000,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
😤 People density | 🤨 busy: 10,100 ppl/km² 10x10m (100m²) space per person | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💻 Online electronics shop | Hepsiburada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏠 Apartment listings | Sahibinden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | AnadoluJet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
few mosquitoshikingstreet foodspalegal weedno-beachbeachairportcoldcold nowfast internethigh humiditymany womenfriendly peopleadult nightlife |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,541 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $807 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,578 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $451 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $308 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $86 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $1,587 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $74 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | $1,215 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $40 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $4 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $17,500 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $35,000 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $87,500 |
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✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Many nomads here all year round
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ People can speak basic English
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Humid now
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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