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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 236 reviews |
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| 👶 Family friendly | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBT friendly | |
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| 🌍 Region | Middle East | |
| 🚩 Country | Saudi Arabia | |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 25 days | |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps | |
| ⛅️ Weather | ☀️ 33°C 92°F + 💦 Dry air (15%) + 💨 14km/h = feels like 30°C 86°F | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 147 US AQI equal to 🚬 🚬 / day | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 395 US AQI equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz | |
| 🚕 Best taxi app | ||
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | ||
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | STC | |
| 💸 10 SAR in USD | USD 2.66 | |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SAR 1,000 USD 266 | |
| 💻 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 | 5,200,000 people | |
| 😤 People density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 3,650 ppl/km² 17x17m (289m²) space per person | |
| 👫 Gender ratio | 👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% | |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious | |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb | |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Saudi | |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates | |
😷 Air quality in Riyadh is very bad (147 US AQI) today: avoid exercising outdoors, close windows and try to stay inside, more info | ||
| low taxgolfno-beachairportwarm nowwarmhotdirty airbad air qualityfast internetlow crimelow humiditymany menfriendly peopleadult nightlife | ||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $2,115 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,394 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,620 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $749 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $664 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $319 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,299 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $61 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (9 listings) | $2,472 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $81 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $4 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 92😷✈️18h$4,605 / mo🌇 Also went here34 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels like | 7926° warm | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 8831° hot | 9535° hot | 10239° hot | 10440° hot | 10440° hot | 10239° hot | 9535° hot | 8127° warm | 7524° warm |
| Real temperature | 8127° warm | 7625° warm | 8127° warm | 9133° hot | 10038° hot | 11144° scorching | 11345° scorching | 11144° scorching | 10842° scorching | 9937° hot | 8127° warm | 7524° warm |
| Humidity | too dry 29% | too dry 27% | too dry 20% | too dry 22% | too dry 15% | too dry 4% | too dry 4% | too dry 5% | too dry 8% | too dry 15% | comfy 38% | comfy 40% |
| Rain | not rainy 1mm | not rainy 5mm | not rainy 8mm | not rainy 33mm | not rainy 6mm | not rainy 0mm | not rainy 0mm | not rainy 1mm | not rainy 0mm | not rainy 1mm | not rainy 14mm | not rainy 9mm |
| Cloud cover | pockets 45% | pockets 24% | clear 7% | pockets 32% | pockets 38% | clear 4% | pockets 16% | pockets 10% | pockets 22% | clear 6% | pockets 36% | pockets 14% |
| Air quality | clean 31 AQI | bad 395 AQI | bad 395 AQI | bad 395 AQI | bad 395 AQI | bad 395 AQI | bad 395 AQI | bad 395 AQI | bad 395 AQI | bad 395* AQI | clean 17 AQI | bad 395* AQI |
| UV Index | 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 |
| Nomad List members there | 0 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
❌ Not much to do
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ 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 LGBT
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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