🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.84/5 |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $780 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 11Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 A bit cold: 15°C58°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Way too humid: 90% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy: 50 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Good |
👍 Quality of life | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🙊 English speaking | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Okay |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Good |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
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🌍 Region | Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 6 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌧 15°C 58°F + 💦 Humid (90%) + 💨 6km/h = Feels like 15°C 59°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 50 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 49 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | TurkCell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 10 TRY in USD | USD 1.72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: TRY 1,000 | USD 172 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
☕️ Best coffee place | Caribou | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,800,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💻 Online electronics shop | Hepsiburada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏠 Apartment listings | Sahibinden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Atlas Jet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Turkish Airlines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏥 Best hospital | Medical Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
historyfew mosquitosspalegal weedno-beachbeachcoldcold nowfast internetcheap cost of livinglow crimehigh humiditymany womenfriendly peopleadult nightlife |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $780 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $490 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $970 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $277 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $172 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $40 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $592 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $28 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (506 listings) | $716 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $23 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $2 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ 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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✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBT
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❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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