🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.61/5 |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,108 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 19Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 2°C35°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Too humid: 84% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 21 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Good |
👍 Quality of life | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🙊 English speaking | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
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🌍 Region | Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Latvia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 4 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 19 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌫 2°C 35°F + 💦 Humid (84%) + 💨 13km/h = Feels like -1°C 30°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 21 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 34 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | Bite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: EUR 100 | USD 112 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💻 Best coworking space | StartupLatvia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 13% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 640,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👫 Gender ratio | 👨 39% 👱♀️ 61% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Baltic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Baltic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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💵 Nomad Cost™ | $2,108 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,241 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,405 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $687 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $439 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $83 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $1,318 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $62 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (64 listings) | $1,402 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $46 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $10 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.93 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
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✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many nomads have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBT friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
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