⭐️ Total score |
2.74/5 (Rank #609)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,553 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 45Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 7°C44°F (feels 7°C45°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 84%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 19 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 27 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Great |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$4,817 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Good |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 45 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 7°C 44°F + 💦 Damp (84%) = feels 7°C 45°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 19 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 28 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Manna Java Worldcafé |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 58,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | United |
🏥 Best hospital | Mercy Medical Center Dubuque & Dyersville |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,553 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,470 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,210 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,489 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,235 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,703 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,014 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $58 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $89 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $15 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
23
-5° freezing |
10
-12° freezing |
46
8° cold |
55
13° cool |
64
18° cool |
86
30° warm |
88
31° hot |
90
32° hot |
75
24° warm |
64
18° cool |
43
6° cold |
34
1° cold |
Real |
28
-2°
freezing |
17
-9°
freezing |
48
9°
cold |
56
14°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
81
27°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
75
24°
warm |
64
18°
cool |
46
8°
cold |
37
3°
very cold |
Humidity |
damp 79% |
nice 69% |
damp 71% |
nice 61% |
nice 66% |
sweaty 71% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 80% |
nice 70% |
nice 81% |
nice 61% |
nice 66% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 20mm |
dry 18mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 49mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 82mm |
dry 24mm |
rainy 96mm |
dry 14mm |
dry 25mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 42% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 27% |
cloudy 64% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 52% |
Air quality |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 28 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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