⭐️ Total score | 3.15/5 (Rank #104) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,071 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 16Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 6°C42°F (feels 3°C37°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 92% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 18 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 41 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Low: $1,028 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Poland |
⏱ Average trip length | 19 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 16 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 6°C 42°F + 💦 Damp (92%) = feels 3°C 37°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 18 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 41 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Dąbie |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Międzyodrze-Wyspa Pucka |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10 PLN in USD | USD 2.30 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PLN 1,000 = USD 230 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Coworking Szczecin |
☕️ Best coffee place | Czekoladowa |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 400,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $12,332 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 94% 👱♀️ 6% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Saturn |
🏠 Apartment listings | Gumtree |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Lot Polish |
🏥 Best hospital | Zachodnio Pomorskie Medical Centre - Szcsecin |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,071 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,433 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,321 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $949 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,203 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,534 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $766 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $56 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $50 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $191 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,660 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $28,660 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $76,660 |
✅ Very 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 pretty safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 0° freezing | 30-1° freezing | 436° cold | 457° cold | 5714° cool | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 5714° cool | 436° cold | 0° freezing |
Real | 362° very cold | 341° very cold | 457° cold | 479° cold | 5714° cool | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 5714° cool | 468° cold | 362° very cold |
Humidity | damp 83% | damp 79% | damp 76% | damp 71% | damp 77% | nice 70% | nice 79% | nice 75% | nice 79% | damp 78% | damp 83% | damp 83% |
Rain | rainy 74mm | dry 35mm | dry 48mm | dry 30mm | rainy 68mm | rainy 52mm | rainy 112mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 52mm | dry 29mm | rainy 78mm | dry 47mm |
Cloud | cloudy 89% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 88% | overcast 93% |
Air quality | okay 63 US AQI | okay 82 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | okay 59 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | okay 77 US AQI | okay 57 US AQI |
Sun | safe 0 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Remote workers | 267 people | 0 people | 267 people | 200 people | 333 people | 240 people | 320 people | 350 people | 0 people | 300 people | 267 people | 267 people |
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