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| ⭐️ Overall score | 219 reviews |
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| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Russia |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 18 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 31°C 87°F + 😊 Comfy (59%) = feels 35°C 95°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 59 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | MTS |
| 💸 100 RUB in USD | USD 1.38 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | RUB 10,000 = USD 138 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Srabotaemsya |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 840,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $8,655 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 40% 👱♀️ 60% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Ozon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Avito |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Aeroflot |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aeroflot |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $911 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $513 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $794 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $227 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $124 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $64 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $678 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $32 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (45 listings) | $947 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $31 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $3,000 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $6,000 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $15,000 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ 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
❌ Dangerous
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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| Feels | 9-13° freezing | 21-6° freezing | 30-1° freezing | 5513° cool | 7323° mild | 8127° warm | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 6820° mild | 5513° cool | 341° cold | 28-2° freezing |
| Real | 16-9° freezing | 27-3° freezing | 341° very cold | 5513° cool | 7323° mild | 7926° warm | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 6619° mild | 5714° cool | 384° very cold | 341° very cold |
| Humidity | nice 69% | damp 71% | damp 79% | nice 52% | nice 51% | nice 48% | nice 58% | nice 56% | nice 56% | nice 66% | nice 68% | nice 67% |
| Rain | dry 36mm | dry 8mm | dry 25mm | dry 11mm | dry 15mm | rainy 91mm | dry 32mm | dry 21mm | dry 11mm | dry 23mm | dry 2mm | dry 19mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 84% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 55% | pockets 44% | pockets 16% | cloudy 51% | pockets 48% | pockets 49% | cloudy 61% | pockets 49% | cloudy 68% |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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