⭐️ Total score | 2.39/5 (Rank #1077) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,519 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 36Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 4°C39°F (feels 3°C37°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 68% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 36 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 27 US AQI |
👌 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 |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 24 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 36 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 4°C 39°F + 😊 Comfy (68%) = feels 3°C 37°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 36 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 27.25 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Downtown |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Downtown |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Workspace Stamford |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Stamford Innovation Center |
☕️ Best coffee place | Lorca |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 130,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | JetBlue |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Delta |
🏥 Best hospital | Stamford Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,519 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,076 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $9,549 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,728 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,816 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,324 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,280 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $85 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $109 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $389 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $28 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $7 |
☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very 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
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 341° cold | 0° freezing | 468° cold | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 7524° warm | 8429° warm | 8630° warm | 7524° warm | 6820° mild | 5010° cold | 457° cold |
Real | 373° very cold | 352° very cold | 489° cold | 5815° cool | 6418° cool | 7424° warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 7524° warm | 6619° mild | 5010° cold | 468° cold |
Humidity | nice 62% | nice 70% | nice 53% | nice 68% | nice 62% | nice 77% | nice 84% | sweaty 77% | nice 76% | nice 80% | nice 66% | nice 68% |
Rain | rainy 54mm | rainy 80mm | rainy 75mm | rainy 83mm | rainy 118mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 242mm | rainy 92mm | rainy 196mm | rainy 139mm | dry 29mm | dry 33mm |
Cloud | pockets 38% | cloudy 79% | pockets 29% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 57% | pockets 48% | cloudy 68% | pockets 43% | cloudy 55% | pockets 39% | cloudy 58% |
Air quality | clean 42 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 300 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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