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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 236 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | Saudi Arabia |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 25 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 32°C 90°F + 😊 Comfy (38%) = feels 33°C 91°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 56 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 395 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | STC |
| 💸 10 SAR in USD | USD 2.23 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SAR 1,000 = USD 223 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | The Work Hub |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 11% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 5,518,400 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 105,760 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 6,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $19,817 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 17x17m (289m²) per person |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 57% 👱♀️ 43% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Saudi |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | €1,676 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €1,110 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €2,195 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €627 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €557 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €267 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | €981 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | €46 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (17 listings) | €1,842 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €60 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €1 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| Real | 7725° warm | 7122° mild | 7524° warm | 8630° very warm | 9736° hot | 10641° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10440° hot | 10038° hot | 9334° hot | 7725° warm | 7222° mild |
| Humidity | nice 31% | nice 31% | too dry 23% | too dry 28% | too dry 22% | too dry 9% | too dry 8% | too dry 10% | too dry 12% | too dry 19% | nice 43% | nice 43% |
| Rain | dry 1mm | dry 5mm | dry 8mm | dry 33mm | dry 6mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 14mm | dry 10mm |
| Cloud | pockets 45% | pockets 24% | clear 7% | pockets 32% | pockets 38% | clear 4% | pockets 16% | pockets 10% | pockets 22% | clear 6% | pockets 39% | pockets 14% |
| Air quality | clean 31 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395 US AQI | bad 395* US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | bad 395* US AQI |
| Sun | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI |
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