⭐️ Total score | 2.75/5 (Rank #599) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,257 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 95Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 12°C54°F (feels 12°C54°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 64% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 23 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 39 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 12 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 95 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 12°C 54°F + 😊 Comfy (64%) = feels 12°C 54°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 23 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 39 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Central Lawrenceville |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | South Side Flats |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Catapult PGH |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | The Hardware Store |
☕️ Best coffee place | Big Dog Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
🏥 Best hospital | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,257 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,547 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,867 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,676 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,050 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,087 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,250 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $143 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $68 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $193 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $19 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $17,000 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 341° cold | 28-2° freezing | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6820° mild | 8429° warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 7524° warm | 6820° mild | 457° cold | 468° cold |
Real | 362° very cold | 31-1° freezing | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6619° mild | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7524° warm | 6820° mild | 468° cold | 468° cold |
Humidity | damp 75% | damp 73% | nice 52% | nice 59% | nice 65% | nice 68% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 76% | nice 72% | nice 80% | nice 66% | nice 70% |
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Rain | dry 45mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 50mm | rainy 79mm | rainy 103mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 95mm | rainy 113mm | rainy 73mm | dry 19mm | rainy 72mm |
Cloud | cloudy 77% | cloudy 85% | pockets 39% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 65% | pockets 48% | pockets 47% | pockets 48% | pockets 45% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 73% |
Air quality | clean 40 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 240 people | 320 people | 314 people | 333 people | 340 people | 467 people | 333 people | 320 people | 375 people | 333 people | 360 people | 400 people |
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