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| ⭐️ Overall score | 198 reviews |
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| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Russia |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 18°C 64°F + 😊 Comfy (77%) = feels 18°C 64°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 43 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Beeline |
| 💸 100 RUB in USD | USD 1.11 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | RUB 10,000 = USD 111 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Золотая обезьяна |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 22% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 360,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $8,655 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 41% 👱♀️ 59% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Ozon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Avito |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Turkish Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | €1,121 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €665 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €1,243 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €355 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €246 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €167 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €611 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €29 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (283 listings) | €1,043 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €34 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Safe for women
❌ Dangerous
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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| Feels | 489° cold | 5010° cold | 5211° cool | 6317° cool | 7222° mild | 8630° warm | 8228° warm | 8429° warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 5513° cool |
| Real | 5010° cold | 5010° cold | 5211° cool | 6116° cool | 7222° mild | 8228° very warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 7625° warm | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 5513° cool |
| Humidity | nice 57% | nice 60% | nice 56% | nice 58% | nice 61% | nice 65% | nice 65% | nice 65% | nice 59% | nice 60% | nice 47% | nice 53% |
| Rain | rainy 84mm | dry 24mm | rainy 72mm | dry 24mm | rainy 52mm | rainy 136mm | rainy 71mm | dry 40mm | dry 43mm | rainy 56mm | dry 40mm | dry 45mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 82% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 55% | pockets 46% | pockets 43% | pockets 28% | clear 8% | clear 9% | pockets 18% | pockets 38% | cloudy 66% |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 3 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 1 people | 3 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 1 people |
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