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| ⭐️ Total score | 71 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
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| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Japan |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 26 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 21°C 70°F + 🌵 Too dry (0%) = feels 21°C 70°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 21 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 46 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.69 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 67 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Tully's Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 43% 👱♀️ 57% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | All Nippon Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Japan Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,724 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,404 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,567 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $733 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,840 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,316 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $398 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $86 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $76 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $409 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $9,908 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $47 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg ~3km/2mi trip) | $5 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm 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
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Expensive
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
18
-8° freezing |
23
-5° freezing |
37
3° cold |
46
8° cold |
59
15° cool |
70
21° mild |
86
30° warm |
75
24° warm |
70
21° mild |
59
15° cool |
46
8° cold |
27
-3° freezing |
| Real |
23
-5°
freezing |
29
-2°
freezing |
41
5°
very cold |
49
10°
cold |
59
15°
cool |
70
21°
mild |
81
27°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
70
21°
mild |
59
15°
cool |
49
10°
cold |
32
0°
freezing |
| Humidity |
damp 79% |
damp 79% |
damp 77% |
nice 66% |
damp 79% |
nice 77% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 78% |
nice 75% |
damp 73% |
damp 76% |
damp 77% |
| Rain |
rainy 92mm |
rainy 99mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 113mm |
rainy 64mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 174mm |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 141mm |
rainy 171mm |
rainy 100mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 67% |
| Air quality |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
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This city is incredible. Now I understand why Parisians look down on other cities. It is endless. Museums, history, cool bars, incredible food, diversity, beautiful people nicely dressed... It helps a lot to speak French. It's expensive. I'd love to nomad here for a month or two. I really liked Marais as an area.
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A walking stereotype. Overcrowded, messy, expensive. Literally nothing works. There are more USA people than in Lisbon, which I thought was impossible. Yes, Italians are awesome and food is great.
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Welcome to the city of main characters. New Yorkers can be incredibly friendly, we're quick to invite you into our places and plans and most of us enjoy a revolving circle of not-so-close friends and a little core group of people. New York makes it easy to do the best work of your life and have fun all night in between. Everything is a tap away. Nightlife can be fun, but the real underground parties have all progressively moved out to no-mans-land in Ridgewood and Bushwick (semi-convenient only
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7 years ago Lisbon was amazing. Since it became trendy lost what made it unique. I will return when the hype is gone!
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