⭐️ Total score |
3.25/5 (Rank #329)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍100% liked it 👎0% disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Good |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😳 Way too expensive: $5,701 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 29Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 5°C40°F (feels 5°C41°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 94%
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Great |
🎓 Education level* |
Very high |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,353 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
👩 Female friendly |
Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Oceania |
🚩 Country | New Zealand |
🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 29 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 5°C 40°F + 💦 Damp (94%) = feels 5°C 41°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 NZD in USD | USD 5.89 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NZD 1,000 = USD 589 |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | The Coffee Shack Wanaka |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 8,500 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,233 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 76% 👱♀️ 24% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Jetstar |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,701 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,687 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,499 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,285 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,229 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,321 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $891 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $245 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $109 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $398 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $25 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $26 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ 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
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
61
16° cool |
54
12° cool |
59
15° cool |
45
7° cold |
46
8° cold |
0° freezing |
41
5° cold |
43
6° cold |
37
3° cold |
52
11° cool |
46
8° cold |
59
15° cool |
Real |
61
16°
cool |
54
12°
cool |
58
15°
cool |
45
7°
cold |
46
8°
cold |
32
0°
freezing |
41
5°
very cold |
43
6°
very cold |
37
3°
very cold |
51
11°
cool |
46
8°
cold |
58
15°
cool |
Humidity |
too dry 30% |
too dry 29% |
nice 32% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 29% |
nice 33% |
nice 31% |
nice 30% |
too dry 28% |
nice 31% |
too dry 29% |
nice 33% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
rainy 137mm |
dry 39mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 49mm |
rainy 111mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 104mm |
rainy 145mm |
rainy 67mm |
rainy 94mm |
rainy 130mm |
Cloud |
pockets 37% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 41% |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81° 🥵 AQI 27 ✈️13h $994 / mo 🌇 Also went here20 people ×It's obscenely expensive for low quality service with kinda mean people. Not nice. The regulations and taxes here are insane too. You pay a neighbourhood tax, district tax, city tax, county tax and then state tax on every payment you make! The traffic here is insane too. And just getting from place to place is difficult because city is so gigantic. We talked to our hotel's manager here and he struggles a lot with the insane amount of rules California tells him to follow. It makes it hard to st
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked bad 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open ☀️ Feels 32° 90° 29° 83° AQI 60 😷 ✈️15h $5,280 / mo 🌇 Also went here20 people ×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78° ✈️20h $6,831 / mo 🌇 Also went here20 people ×I recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67° AQI 27 ✈️25h $5,666 / mo 🌇 Also went here21 people ×I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 55 😷 ✈️25h $5,439 / mo 🌇 Also went here21 people ×I don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 👍 Liked bad 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69° AQI 25 ✈️25h $5,697 / mo 🌇 Also went here20 people ×
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