⭐️ Total score | 2.6/5 (Rank #845) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,932 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 74Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 14°C57°F (feels 14°C57°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 80% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 50 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 50 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Sprawling: 2k ppl/km² (1 per 21x21m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Good |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 12 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 74 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 14°C 57°F + 💦 Damp (80%) = feels 14°C 57°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 50 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 50 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | East San Jose |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Downtown |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Next Space |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | SandBox Suites |
☕️ Best coffee place | Crema Coffee Roasting |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 1,630,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 31,239 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 21x21m (441m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Southwest |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American |
🏥 Best hospital | Stanford Health and Clinics |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,932 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,653 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $9,937 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,839 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,730 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,450 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,509 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $128 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $80 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $372 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $19 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
👩🏫 International school | $28,033 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $44 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 5714° cool | 5915° cool | 5915° cool | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 5412° cool |
Real | 5714° cool | 5915° cool | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 6820° mild | 7424° warm | 7725° warm | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 6820° mild | 6418° cool | 5412° cool |
Humidity | damp 74% | nice 62% | nice 62% | nice 62% | nice 60% | nice 59% | nice 58% | nice 61% | nice 56% | nice 59% | nice 69% | damp 78% |
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Rain | rainy 116mm | dry 37mm | dry 47mm | dry 11mm | dry 9mm | dry 9mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 3mm | rainy 93mm | dry 18mm | rainy 192mm |
Cloud | cloudy 51% | pockets 38% | pockets 34% | pockets 28% | pockets 15% | pockets 21% | pockets 23% | pockets 16% | pockets 18% | pockets 38% | pockets 33% | cloudy 66% |
Air quality | clean 25 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50* US AQI | okay 50* US AQI | clean 29 US AQI |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 425 people | 371 people | 367 people | 467 people | 525 people | 733 people | 425 people | 345 people | 644 people | 571 people | 400 people | 511 people |
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