⭐️ Total score |
2.23/5 (Rank #788)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,820 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 42Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 23°C74°F (feels 23°C73°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 36%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 30 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Great |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 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 |
🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 42 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (36%) = feels 23°C 73°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | High Ground Cafe |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 74,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
🏥 Best hospital | University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,820 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,407 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,336 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,525 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,790 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,109 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,115 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $84 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $69 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $323 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $19 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $30 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
23
-5° freezing |
14
-10° freezing |
46
8° cold |
55
13° cool |
66
19° mild |
81
27° warm |
81
27° warm |
81
27° warm |
77
25° warm |
68
20° mild |
46
8° cold |
37
3° cold |
Real |
27
-3°
freezing |
19
-7°
freezing |
48
9°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
82
28°
very warm |
81
27°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
66
19°
mild |
48
9°
cold |
39
4°
very cold |
Humidity |
nice 43% |
nice 39% |
nice 34% |
too dry 29% |
nice 31% |
nice 32% |
nice 37% |
nice 38% |
nice 34% |
nice 38% |
nice 32% |
nice 35% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
rainy 51mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 83mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 9mm |
rainy 78mm |
dry 20mm |
dry 36mm |
Cloud |
pockets 46% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 27% |
Air quality |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 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 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 400 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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