⭐️ Total score | 2.6/5 (Rank #932) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,027 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 17Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 27°C80°F (feels 28°C82°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 54% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 48 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 35 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | High: $3,354 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 5k ppl/km² (14x14m) |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | United Kingdom |
⏱ Average trip length | 15 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 17 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 27°C 80°F + 😊 Comfy (54%) = feels 28°C 82°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 48 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 35 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | EE |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GBP 100 = USD 121 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Kilim |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 240,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,249 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Zoopla |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | EasyJet |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | British Airways |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,027 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,280 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,079 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,166 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $877 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $200 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,865 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $181 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 81 listings) | $3,854 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $126 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ 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
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are not that great
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Feels | 415° cold | 457° cold | 489° cold | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 6116° cool | 5211° cool | 468° cold |
Real | 457° cold | 4910° cold | 5010° cold | 5111° cool | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 6116° cool | 5412° cool | 5010° cold |
Humidity | damp 86% | damp 84% | damp 82% | damp 74% | damp 83% | nice 84% | nice 87% | nice 82% | nice 82% | damp 83% | damp 83% | damp 90% |
Rain | rainy 105mm | rainy 63mm | dry 40mm | dry 17mm | rainy 108mm | rainy 103mm | rainy 87mm | dry 44mm | dry 42mm | rainy 134mm | dry 14mm | rainy 92mm |
Cloud | cloudy 84% | cloudy 82% | cloudy 62% | pockets 44% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 83% |
Air quality | clean 42 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | clean 46 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | okay 53 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 0 people |
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