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| ⭐️ Overall score | 197 reviews |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Switzerland |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 74 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 38 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 13°C 55°F + 💦 Damp (75%) = feels 13°C 55°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 6 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 32 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Swisscom |
| 💸 10 CHF in USD | USD 9.13 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CHF 100 = USD 91 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 75,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $79,609 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Digitec |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Swiss |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Kantonsspital St.Gallen |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | €4,241 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €2,912 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €7,676 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €2,193 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €1,597 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €301 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €1,886 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €88 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (91 listings) | €1,710 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €56 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €18 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €4 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €8 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €6 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| Real | 341° very cold | 457° cold | 468° cold | 5312° cool | 5412° cool | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 6217° cool | 5915° cool | 436° very cold | 415° very cold |
| Humidity | nice 70% | nice 65% | nice 63% | nice 69% | nice 70% | nice 68% | nice 71% | nice 75% | damp 75% | damp 74% | damp 75% | nice 70% |
| Rain | rainy 57mm | dry 26mm | dry 50mm | dry 30mm | rainy 88mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 73mm | dry 45mm | rainy 79mm | dry 47mm | dry 48mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 70% | pockets 44% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 63% | pockets 40% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 70% | overcast 92% | cloudy 78% |
| Air quality | clean 44 US AQI | okay 65 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 3 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 3 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
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