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| ⭐️ Total score | 31 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 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 | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | Saudi Arabia |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 26 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 20°C 67°F + 😊 Comfy (49%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 93 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 395 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 SAR in USD | USD 2.67 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SAR 1,000 = USD 267 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | The Work Hub |
| 🚰 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 |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 57% 👱♀️ 43% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Saudi |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,568 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,601 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,438 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $982 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,795 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,483 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $666 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $84 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $180 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $88 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $11 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $8 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Too expensive
❌ 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
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 8127° warm | 8831° hot | 9535° hot | 9937° hot | 10239° hot | 10038° hot | 9334° hot | 9032° hot | 7926° warm | 7021° mild |
| Real | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 8630° very warm | 9334° hot | 10239° hot | 10641° scorching | 10842° scorching | 10641° scorching | 9937° hot | 9535° hot | 8228° very warm | 7021° mild |
| Humidity | nice 32% | nice 30% | too dry 16% | too dry 12% | too dry 9% | too dry 7% | too dry 10% | too dry 10% | too dry 12% | too dry 15% | too dry 27% | nice 32% |
| Rain | dry 13mm | dry 14mm | dry 1mm | dry 4mm | dry 3mm | dry 0mm | dry 7mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 5mm |
| Cloud | pockets 12% | pockets 21% | clear 4% | pockets 34% | pockets 19% | clear 1% | pockets 26% | pockets 13% | pockets 11% | clear 1% | clear 9% | pockets 43% |
| 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 | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 300 people | 300 people | 300 people | 286 people | 267 people | 300 people | 229 people | 320 people | 233 people | 300 people | 225 people | 286 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 7° 45° 8° 46°AQI 17✈️5h$5,555 / mo🌇 Also went here41 peopleI was in Munich for 9 months and couldn't get used to the city. It's actually a small town for old and rich people. The flair is not international, but terribly German-conservative. There is neither an interesting start-up nor a tech community. Many people are unfriendly when you speak English. The leisure activities outside Munich (nature) are nice, unfortunately there is not much going on in the city compared to London, Berlin or Barcelona. In Germany, everyone seems to want to go to Berlin, s
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ✈️5h$4,173 / mo🌇 Also went here55 peopleDidn't like this city that much. Been there twice and honestly it has nothing so special. Just the DUOMO in the center is the main great scenery but besides that, nothing in particular to bother for.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 5° 42°AQI 69✈️6h$5,439 / mo🌇 Also went here37 peopleHow did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 7° 45° 8° 47°AQI 41✈️7h$5,346 / mo🌇 Also went here47 peopleHong Kong is a great city with dense urban areas but also nature and hiking routes only 15 minutes away. There are restaurants for every taste and budget, from the best US fast casual chains to high end Michelin star restaurants. It's also extremely safe, despite recent political instability.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 83😷✈️9h$3,919 / mo🌇 Also went here38 peopleTokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 6° 43° 7° 44°AQI 9✈️12h$4,716 / mo🌇 Also went here58 peopleI've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 9° 48° 10° 49°AQI 53✈️14h$6,457 / mo🌇 Also went here41 peopleI guess if you're a nomad this doesn't matter much, but the long-term job pickings here are slim and among the most underpaid for a US city. There seems to be a tacit rent floor that means you won't find a good deal on housing. A lot of people don't seem very invested in their interpersonal relationships here since their ties to the area are often transient.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 32✈️16h$7,460 / mo🌇 Also went here37 peopleHow did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 21✈️17h$6,903 / mo🌇 Also went here38 peopleI spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 43✈️18h$5,172 / mo🌇 Also went here41 people
