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| ⭐️ Total score | 170 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | New Zealand |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 27 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 12°C 54°F + 😊 Comfy (67%) = feels 11°C 52°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 9 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 28 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 NZD in USD | USD 6.15 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NZD 100 = USD 62 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Enspiral Space |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | In Good Company |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 210,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,233 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | TradeMe |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jetstar |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air New Zealand |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,744 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,556 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $6,591 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,883 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,556 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,158 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,578 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $120 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $71 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $323 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $11 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $12,409 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $31 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ 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
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
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| Real |
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| Humidity |
nice 39% |
nice 39% |
nice 38% |
nice 39% |
nice 38% |
nice 39% |
nice 38% |
nice 37% |
nice 37% |
nice 40% |
nice 40% |
nice 42% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 9mm |
dry 27mm |
dry 40mm |
dry 29mm |
dry 43mm |
dry 43mm |
rainy 55mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 60mm |
dry 33mm |
dry 19mm |
rainy 99mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 35% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 41% |
cloudy 51% |
| Air quality |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
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