⭐️ Total score | 2.24/5 (Rank #1087) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,043 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 30Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 18°C65°F (feels 18°C64°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 74% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 28 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,354 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* | Okay |
🧳 Lost luggage* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | United Kingdom |
🗓️ Average trip length | 16 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 30 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 18°C 65°F + 😊 Comfy (74%) = feels 18°C 64°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 29 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GBP 100 = USD 129 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 220,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,249 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Gumtree |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | RyanAir |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | British Airways |
🏥 Best hospital | Berkshire Independent Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,043 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,937 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $6,266 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,790 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,562 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,645 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,463 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $214 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $120 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $303 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $20,595 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 373° cold | 436° cold | 468° cold | 468° cold | 5412° cool | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 5714° cool | 489° cold | 436° cold |
Real | 415° very cold | 479° cold | 489° cold | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 5815° cool | 5010° cold | 468° cold |
Humidity | nice 45% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 37% | nice 41% | nice 42% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 39% | nice 42% | nice 44% | nice 45% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
Rain | rainy 60mm | dry 47mm | dry 44mm | dry 18mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 59mm | rainy 67mm | dry 42mm | dry 36mm | rainy 67mm | dry 6mm | rainy 69mm |
Cloud | cloudy 51% | cloudy 51% | pockets 46% | pockets 34% | pockets 48% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 52% | pockets 43% | pockets 49% | pockets 46% | cloudy 51% |
Air quality | clean 30 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI |
Remote workers | 300 people | 0 people | 200 people | 267 people | 300 people | 333 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 34° 93° 35° 96°🥵✈️3h$2,720 / mo25Mbps×My favorite tiny big city! Everything super close together, but a massive breadth of culture, activities, neighborhoods.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 28° 82° 28° 83°AQI 35✈️1h$3,271 / mo57Mbps×It used to be a nice city for nomads, but its out-priced now and don't recommend it. I am a single female- remote worker from USA with residence permit of 2 years and have to say its not what it used to be. Stormy tropical weather as we speak so unpredictable these days. Landlords charging ridiculous prices and amenities just don't match quality that should be given. Looking into Spain as we speak..
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°✈️3h$2,397 / mo40Mbps×Very beautiful and atmospheric city, but firstly it's very expensive to stay in Venice itself (even in winter, I thought rent prices are on the level with Zurich lol) so many people rent a place/hostel in Mestre, it's like 10 minutes train ride to Venice, kinda smarter. And after a while navigating the city which is literally a maze becomes quite old. Recommend to visit Murano by the way.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 23✈️2h$5,010 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people×Valencia is just a paradise on earth, and you realise it when you feel so blessed just walking around in this vibrant yet calm, small yet big city. The parks, the activities, the beaches everything is accessible and affordable. Life is simple here and you do not need much to have a nice life, we all do the same things. This is a gem in Europe and we are blessed to have found it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 34° 93° 30° 86°🥵AQI 61😷✈️2h$3,244 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people×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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 32° 89°🥵✈️2h$4,881 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people×Budapest was on my list about cities for living. I stayed for 7 days and was a little disappointed People are not very friendly, lots os places very dirty, people smoke a lot and the costs isn't affordable as people indicated here. Its a beautiful place, walkable, people have a good level of education, lots of things to do, but not as i imagined. Even so its a nice place.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 27° 81° 28° 82°AQI 38✈️2h$2,691 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people×Chiang Mai has had a deep Buddhist influence running over the last 1,000 years and this can be felt in the helpfulness, patience and generosity of the Thai and long-term transplants you come across. The city has an active community scene (nomads, spiritual seekers, hikers, creatives), several mountains with hiking spots and waterfalls surrounding the city, over 20 water bodies inside the city -- many have cafes and walks around, several public parks, and over 13 national parks with campgrounds w
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81°🥵AQI 27✈️12h$991 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×(It seems my paragraph formatting is being removed due to the length of my comment, so sorry you'll have to deal with the wall of text if you want to read this, haha) Have been in Bangkok for the past 6 months. I've been nomadic for the past 4 years across Europe & the US, and as someone who is used to walking everywhere and greenery, I found it quite difficult living here. I spent my first 5 months living in Airbnbs, which were fine for around $6-800/m, and for the last month decided to live in
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°🥵AQI 60😷✈️13h$1,353 / mo🌇 Also went here8 people×You could do worse, you could do better. Filthy & stressful, you have to Grab everywhere, even a short walk results in dodging aggressive motorbikes. Locals are super unfriendly, way worse than Hanoi, so not sure why everyone raves about how friendly they are in comparison. Poor quality in everything, even the luxury experiences are a total rip-off. Surprisingly underdeveloped too, not even a bar on their observation deck in Bitexco. Internet is really good, but stay as far from D1 as you can -
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 85°🥵AQI 3✈️14h$1,030 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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