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| ⭐️ Overall score | 258 reviews |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Turkey |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 13 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 33°C 92°F + 😊 Comfy (54%) = feels 37°C 99°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 111 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Üsküdar |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Eyup |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | AVEA |
| 💸 10 TRY in USD | USD 1.18 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | TRY 1,000 = USD 118 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 14% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 8,642,300 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 165,629 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 15,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $10,863 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 10x10m (100m²) per person |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Hepsiburada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Sahibinden |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | AnadoluJet |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Turkish |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,105 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $647 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,091 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $312 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $213 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $59 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $957 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $45 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | $1,197 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $39 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 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 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Nomad List members liked going here
✅ Many Nomad List members here all year round
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Feels crowded
❌ 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 | 457° cold | 457° cold | 5412° cool | 6116° cool | 7222° mild | 8429° warm | 8630° warm | 8630° warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 5412° cool |
| Real | 489° cold | 489° cold | 5513° cool | 6016° cool | 7222° mild | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 6720° mild | 5412° cool |
| Humidity | nice 70% | nice 68% | nice 58% | nice 65% | nice 62% | nice 66% | nice 62% | nice 64% | nice 61% | nice 71% | nice 64% | nice 66% |
| Rain | dry 47mm | dry 25mm | dry 15mm | dry 24mm | dry 27mm | dry 11mm | dry 17mm | dry 12mm | dry 7mm | dry 27mm | dry 17mm | dry 31mm |
| Cloud | overcast 90% | cloudy 72% | pockets 34% | cloudy 60% | pockets 48% | pockets 20% | clear 2% | clear 2% | clear 5% | pockets 28% | pockets 45% | cloudy 83% |
| Air quality | okay 67 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 77 US AQI | okay 75 US AQI | okay 69 US AQI | bad 145 US AQI | bad 145 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | bad 145 US AQI | bad 111* US AQI | okay 90 US AQI | okay 69 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,244 people | 764 people | 769 people | 1,036 people | 900 people | 1,120 people | 1,154 people | 1,200 people | 1,329 people | 1,644 people | 1,080 people | 1,060 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 37° 99° 34° 94°🥵AQI 89😷🚕3h$1,109 / mo11MbpsI was in Burgas in June 2018. Stayed there like 2 days, which for most of you guys wouldn't be enough to establish if it's worthy or not. Cheap city with a nice old town, the sea side is really clean + the food/drinks and other services are quite affordable. Do not know exactly if this will match with the NOMADS for a long timeframe, but I am positive about the time spent over there and would return for a longer period.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 37° 99° 31° 87°🥵AQI 22✈️17min$2,069 / mo31Mbpsgreat city. lovely beach, bars, people are nice, food is amazing. there is no more "Beehive" co working space though.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 35° 95° 30° 85°🥵AQI 41✈️21min$1,460 / mo30MbpsCheaper version of Athens. Most liberal city in Turkey. Definitely underrated and amazingly cheap. The city has a great beach, restaurant and bar scene.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 39° 102° 38° 100°🥵AQI 59✈️26min$666 / mo13Mbpsİt is capital city of turkey and very safe enjoyable environment , relax and warm place :)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 31° 87°🥵AQI 32✈️28min$676 / mo11MbpsIn summer prices go up like crazy! Mamaia rentals are as high as New York in summer months because rich Bucharest spend their money there. Mamaia beach is beautiful but very crowded.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 23✈️28min$1,657 / mo38MbpsIt's quite boring. Not many things to do here. The beaches aren't clean. The place only seems lively in the summer. The rest of the year, most local businesses close their shops because there are no more tourists. Only malls are open all year. Most people don't speak English, so you are not likely to connect with people here. Many other cities in Romania like Bucharest (where I currently live), Cluj and Timisoara have much more to give.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 15✈️29min$1,933 / mo51MbpsI've been here for the last 5 months. People are extremely friendly, the weather has been amazing (on the too hot side, during the summer). You can drink tap water, Nomadlist, check that. It is very cheap, walkable, plenty of cafes, bars and restaurants. It is very safe. The gym scene is not great but you can survive. Not many hipsters, but overloaded with instagrammers (like everywhere else, I guess). All in all, it's a beautiful city, safe, affordable, welcoming (if you are white). Racist gra
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 40° 104° 34° 94°🥵AQI 21✈️30min$1,447 / mo31MbpsBucharest is a lovely, calm and joyful city. I was staying at ICANSEE villa, a family stay place and I’ve just had everything I needed. The streets are safe, people are nice, nice clubs, terraces. It has a good vibe, I love it!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 38° 100° 33° 92°🥵AQI 31✈️36min$1,676 / mo54MbpsBodrum is an overpriced (central) but quite beautiful (surrounding villages/quays) place, mainly made up of the retirement residences of educated rather educated, secular population. There are amazing quays in driving distance that wouldn't be any different than beautiful coasts of Bali or Thailand.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 41° 106° 36° 97°🥵AQI 44✈️37min$1,247 / mo11MbpsBansko is much overrated. In summertime it feels like a ghost town in the residential apartments. The center is quite animated but it is not very expatfriendly. I did not see any digital nomad scenes. Not heard any other language than Bulgarian around. It is more a family oriented national village. Big supermarkets closed in summertime so you take a taxi to shop outside the town. I can imagine that in wintertime there is much more activity but avoid summertime, unless you want to be quite and en
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 31° 87°🥵AQI 52✈️37min$1,465 / mo24MbpsTbilisi is a beautiful place to be at. It is really cheap and nice. People are warm and welcoming, even though they are more friendly in the villages. It is a really cool place with many shops to buy things at that is well located. Also, you can get pretty quickly to nature.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 35° 95° 31° 88°🥵AQI 55✈️2h$1,237 / mo15MbpsDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 36° 97° 30° 86°🥵AQI 63✈️10h$1,360 / mo24MbpsGenerally favorable on Antalya, but not perfect. The weather was excellent (~26 C almost every day) and the nature of the city is absolutely stunning. The mountains on the west side of the city seem to just explode out of the ocean and it's special to see. That said, the built environment is pretty uninspiring. The center of the city is full of interesting restaurants and shops, but outside of the old town it's not very exciting to look at. My primary complaint, however, is on public transit. It
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 39° 102° 38° 100°🥵AQI 62✈️39min$1,102 / mo16MbpsParis is wonderful, and I love it here, but the stereotypes some real truth to them. I stepped off the plane to a protest, my airbnb host was incredibly stylish yet didn't wear deoderant, and I met the rudest waiter I've ever encountered in my entire life on day 3 (though most Parisians are super nice!)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 27✈️3h$3,885 / mo31MbpsI stayed here for a month in July last year. There's lots of cool aspects to the city but I hated it when I was there. The city has a problem with British stag parties, so if you look like you're a British male and speak English expect to be treated with disdain (it's fair enough) The Hungarians can just generally be unfriendly, especially bartenders. It's a weird experience waiting to be served while 3 people ignore you. Or buying the same drink and getting charged whatever they want (700-1500
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 29° 84° 28° 83°AQI 38✈️1h$1,571 / mo37MbpsBerlin 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 24✈️2h$3,127 / mo30MbpsCheaper version of Athens. Most liberal city in Turkey. Definitely underrated and amazingly cheap. The city has a great beach, restaurant and bar scene.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 39° 102° 38° 100°🥵AQI 59✈️26min$666 / mo13MbpsYou can have MGTS landline internet 500mbps for $10/mo. Only swiss products in groceries, no EU due to current sanctions. Really cheap life, if you are rich i'd recommend AzbukaVkusa groceries. A lot of expensive restaurants.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 76°AQI 25✈️2h$1,944 / mo16MbpsHousing is an issue (so cost of living is high) but the city is beautiful and summer in Amsterdam is hard to beat with all the cultural activiies and music festivals. Would not want to live in the actual city center (inside the "grachtengordel") but have been living in East for over 2 years now and aside from the price (and size) of apartment life is just good here. Biking everywhere is bliss. Winter can be cold though.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 32✈️3h$5,004 / mo22MbpsSofia is a small city and it is very polluted. In fact it is one of the most polluted cities in Europe. The restaurants and bars are ok. For the rest there is not a lot to do. After a couple of days you have seen it all. The people are ok but Sofia misses an international vibe. Lets be honest here, you mostly get where you pay for.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 36° 97° 32° 90°🥵AQI 54✈️40min$1,412 / mo30MbpsI was born and raised in Belgrade and all I can say is the city is very underrated. Been to many major cities in Europe, Northern Africa, and also lived for half a year in Los Angeles. I don't wanna sound as if I'm a big local patriot. I will try to be as much as genuine as possible. I completely agree with the fact that most places are full of smoke from cigarettes yet there are parts of the objects separated from smoking sections. This is available in many restaurants, cafes, bars, etc. You
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 37° 99° 34° 93°🥵AQI 73✈️1h$1,578 / mo34MbpsI stayed here for a month in July last year. There's lots of cool aspects to the city but I hated it when I was there. The city has a problem with British stag parties, so if you look like you're a British male and speak English expect to be treated with disdain (it's fair enough) The Hungarians can just generally be unfriendly, especially bartenders. It's a weird experience waiting to be served while 3 people ignore you. Or buying the same drink and getting charged whatever they want (700-1500
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 29° 84° 28° 83°AQI 38✈️1h$1,571 / mo🌇 Also went here217 peopleRome has tourist fatigue. Servers are curt and it's hard to find a decent restaurant.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 38° 100° 32° 89°🥵AQI 55✈️2h$4,063 / mo🌇 Also went here186 peopleI visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 57✈️2h$2,264 / mo🌇 Also went here240 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
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 24✈️2h$3,127 / mo🌇 Also went here309 peopleHousing is an issue (so cost of living is high) but the city is beautiful and summer in Amsterdam is hard to beat with all the cultural activiies and music festivals. Would not want to live in the actual city center (inside the "grachtengordel") but have been living in East for over 2 years now and aside from the price (and size) of apartment life is just good here. Biking everywhere is bliss. Winter can be cold though.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 32✈️3h$5,004 / mo🌇 Also went here292 peopleEven if the city is kind of on the decline, it still is awesome. Perfect weather all year, amazing food, vibrant local & expat community.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 30✈️3h$3,213 / mo🌇 Also went here284 peopleParis is wonderful, and I love it here, but the stereotypes some real truth to them. I stepped off the plane to a protest, my airbnb host was incredibly stylish yet didn't wear deoderant, and I met the rudest waiter I've ever encountered in my entire life on day 3 (though most Parisians are super nice!)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 27✈️3h$3,885 / mo🌇 Also went here306 peopleHow did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 25✈️3h$4,323 / mo🌇 Also went here316 peoplePros: -Great airport for connections to Africa and South America. -Has some really beautiful views. -Great fruit and fish. -Native Portuguese people are generally friendly and helpful. -Wonderful moderate climate (better than Spain) Cons: -The dirtiest major city I've seen in Europe. Filthy buildings and dog crap everywhere. -Unsafe - most other women I spoke to said they feel unsafe walking alone here (being leered at, whistled at and followed by the mostly immigrant men is a common occurrenc
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 24✈️4h$2,209 / mo🌇 Also went here250 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 41° 106° 31° 88°🥵AQI 38✈️9h$996 / mo🌇 Also went here188 peopleDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 36° 97° 30° 86°🥵AQI 63✈️10h$1,360 / mo🌇 Also went here288 peopleI've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 102😷✈️11h$5,080 / mo🌇 Also went here259 peoplePutrajaya is the only place I would recommend due to its close proximity to the airport. The Shaftsbury Hotel is modern with two convenience stores, pharmacy, restaurants, dental, and more in the actual building. There is a rain fountain in "mall" of the building that would be Putrajaya's attempt at Singapore's airport one. The location is also literally right across from the bigger mall that has restaurants, international grocery store, movie theater, bowling, electronics, etc. It's a safe a
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 72✈️11h$1,220 / mo🌇 Also went here197 peopleThey say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86°🥵AQI 21✈️12h$2,850 / mo🌇 Also went here217 peopleI've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 17✈️14h$5,847 / mo🌇 Also went here206 people
