⭐️ Total score | 4.3/5 (Rank #27) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍100% liked it 👎0% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,892 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 23Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 6°C43°F (feels 5°C41°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 70% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 7 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 15 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Low: $1,013 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Croatia |
⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 23 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 6°C 43°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 5°C 41°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 7 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 16 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10 HRK in USD | USD 1.46 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | HRK 1,000 = USD 146 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Startup Incubator Rijeka |
☕️ Best coffee place | Filodrammatica |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 130,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $12,159 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Nabava |
🏠 Apartment listings | Njuskalo |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Easy Jet |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Croatia Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | KBC Rijeka |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,892 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $755 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $867 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $248 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,698 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,088 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $262 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $126 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $68 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $268 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $0 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $0.03 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $0 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | 0 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomad List members go here
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 415° cold | 5010° cold | 5010° cold | 5513° cool | 6820° mild | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 5714° cool | 5211° cool | 468° cold |
Real | 436° very cold | 5010° cold | 5010° cold | 5513° cool | 6619° mild | 7826° warm | 8228° very warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 5815° cool | 5312° cool | 479° cold |
Humidity | nice 33% | nice 36% | too dry 26% | nice 31% | nice 37% | nice 31% | nice 32% | nice 30% | too dry 28% | too dry 29% | nice 35% | nice 33% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain | rainy 148mm | rainy 88mm | dry 43mm | rainy 69mm | rainy 109mm | dry 9mm | dry 39mm | dry 33mm | dry 36mm | dry 43mm | rainy 116mm | rainy 100mm |
Cloud | pockets 46% | pockets 45% | pockets 25% | pockets 42% | pockets 46% | pockets 24% | pockets 29% | pockets 27% | pockets 23% | pockets 37% | pockets 49% | pockets 49% |
Air quality | clean 13 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 9 US AQI | clean 10 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 250 people | 300 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 367 people | 511 people | 475 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people |
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