⭐️ Total score | 2.69/5 (Rank #644) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Good |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,111 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 24Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 29°C84°F (feels 33°C91°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 73% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 42 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😐 Moderate: 85 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Okay |
💰 Income level* | High: $2,048 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 😤 Dense: 15k ppl/km² (8x8m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Taiwan |
⏱ Average trip length | 14 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (73%) = feels 33°C 91°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 42 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 85 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Da'an South |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Nangang |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 TWD in USD | USD 3.10 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | TWD 10,000 = USD 310 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | CLBC |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Citron |
☕️ Best coffee place | Picnic |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | McDonalds |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 9,318,900 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 178,596 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,700,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $24,577 / year |
😤 Population density | 😤 crowded: 8x8m (64m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | PCHome |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | EVA |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
🏥 Best hospital | Taipei Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,111 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,231 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,831 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $809 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,136 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,710 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $605 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $53 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $56 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $440 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $15,552 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $16 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg ~3km/2mi trip) | $3 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many Nomad List members here all year round
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ People don't speak English well
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6317° cool | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 8228° warm | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 6116° cool | 8127° warm | 5412° cool | 6418° cool |
Real | 6217° cool | 6619° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 8228° very warm | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 6116° cool | 8127° warm | 5312° cool | 6418° cool |
Humidity | nice 40% | nice 38% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 41% | nice 42% | nice 40% | nice 44% | nice 38% | nice 39% | nice 42% | nice 40% |
Rain | rainy 71mm | dry 46mm | dry 42mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 80mm | rainy 153mm | rainy 162mm | rainy 148mm | rainy 66mm | rainy 132mm | rainy 69mm | rainy 64mm |
Cloud | cloudy 57% | pockets 42% | pockets 44% | pockets 48% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 55% | pockets 39% | pockets 41% | pockets 21% | pockets 40% | pockets 42% | cloudy 60% |
Air quality | okay 77 US AQI | okay 85 US AQI | okay 85 US AQI | okay 85 US AQI | okay 85 US AQI | okay 85 US AQI | okay 85 US AQI | okay 85 US AQI | okay 85 US AQI | okay 85* US AQI | okay 70 US AQI | okay 68 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | safe | safe | seek shade 4 UVI | safe | safe 2 UVI | safe |
Remote workers | 1,769 people | 1,655 people | 1,785 people | 1,243 people | 1,367 people | 747 people | 1,154 people | 814 people | 1,077 people | 1,125 people | 1,413 people | 1,600 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌤 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 57😷✈️26min$2,181 / mo28Mbps×Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 30° 86° 28° 82°AQI 22✈️3h$2,843 / mo27Mbps×BKK is amazing but if you want enjoy it, you will need at least 100k Baht per month. If you don’t have it, better choose another city.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 39° 102° 32° 89°🥵AQI 50✈️3h$1,332 / mo29Mbps×Hong Kong is a great city with dense urban areas but also nature and hiking routes only 15 minutes away. There are restaurants for every taste and budget, from the best US fast casual chains to high end Michelin star restaurants. It's also extremely safe, despite recent political instability.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 57😷✈️1h$2,934 / mo87Mbps×So… amazing food. Great public transportation. Very clean. But very conformist. Self expression limited. The irony of seeing an exhibit on graffiti, yet no actual graffiti in the streets. And the causal racism especially if you’re brown. You could be British born but still expect to be sat far away from everyone else at cocktail bars, experience comments and have weird assumptions made.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety greatTap to open🌥 Feels 35° 95° 30° 85°🥵AQI 91😷✈️4h$4,177 / mo102Mbps×I only stayed for 3 weeks cause the life is kind of boring compared to Tokyo or Osaka. It helps a lot if you speak some korean since not many people speak english and most restaurants don't have english menu. The internet is fast but the public transportation is always crowded.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 46✈️2h$2,301 / mo20Mbps×Stayed here for a month. It reminds me of a less-developed Bangkok. Although there are a lot of high-rise buildings being built at the moment. Very cheap place compared to lots of places in Asia however it's one of the most expensive places in Vietnam. I wouldn't stay here long term, good for a month but was ready to move on. Pros: - Cheap city - Has lots of bars and restaurants - Has some good day trips and activities - Safe - Very cheap Ubers Cons: - Can be extremely hot during the day which
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86°🥵AQI 48✈️3h$1,053 / mo8Mbps×Chiang Mai has had a deep Buddhist influence running over the last 1,000 years and this can be felt in the helpfulness, patience and generosity of the Thai and long-term transplants you come across. The city has an active community scene (nomads, spiritual seekers, hikers, creatives), several mountains with hiking spots and waterfalls surrounding the city, over 20 water bodies inside the city -- many have cafes and walks around, several public parks, and over 13 national parks with campgrounds w
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 13✈️3h$977 / mo29Mbps×How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 34✈️14h$6,019 / mo70Mbps×It is something important to mention that if you rent a villa longer term, say 1-2 years, the maintenance will be at your expense. By that I mean if you have mold, it's on you to fix it, if your kitchen cabinets fall apart, it's on you, if termites damage the structure of your house, it's on you, if it floods and submerges your living room, it's on you. You either fix it and pay yourself or you move and do not get your rent back. The landlords will never ever pay for any renovations, any repair
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°AQI 258😷✈️5h$1,994 / mo35Mbps×Very nice city, but as everyone says, a bit boring after awhile. It's comfortable and feels like the suburbs, with conveniences that you don't always find in SE Asian countries. Luxury shopping malls, excellent hospitals, and infrastructure, are all things that are not as common in other SE Asian countries, (although Bangkok, TH, has good malls and hospitals). KLCC is safe, from a solo female traveler, if you're careful. I stayed in the KLCC area and was advised by other KL nomads, to stay ins
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 35° 95° 30° 87°🥵AQI 95😷✈️4h$1,265 / mo11Mbps×I’d say that everything said here about Metro Manila is about right. Transport is about the worst I’ve ever known, traffic is a nightmare that’ll leave you paying for Grab taxis (cheap but they add up quickly) and taking hours to get around. Would recommend BGC area as the most foreigner friendly. Living options were limited on Airbnb, nothing like what you’d find in Bangkok or similar cities. Quality was much lower and generally not very comfortable. Honestly the biggest issue for m
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 51😷✈️2h$1,506 / mo5Mbps×Hong Kong is a great city with dense urban areas but also nature and hiking routes only 15 minutes away. There are restaurants for every taste and budget, from the best US fast casual chains to high end Michelin star restaurants. It's also extremely safe, despite recent political instability.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 57😷✈️1h$2,934 / mo🌇 Also went here525 people×I only stayed for 3 weeks cause the life is kind of boring compared to Tokyo or Osaka. It helps a lot if you speak some korean since not many people speak english and most restaurants don't have english menu. The internet is fast but the public transportation is always crowded.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 46✈️2h$2,301 / mo🌇 Also went here485 people×Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 30° 86° 28° 82°AQI 22✈️3h$2,843 / mo🌇 Also went here578 people×Stayed here for a month. It reminds me of a less-developed Bangkok. Although there are a lot of high-rise buildings being built at the moment. Very cheap place compared to lots of places in Asia however it's one of the most expensive places in Vietnam. I wouldn't stay here long term, good for a month but was ready to move on. Pros: - Cheap city - Has lots of bars and restaurants - Has some good day trips and activities - Safe - Very cheap Ubers Cons: - Can be extremely hot during the day which
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86°🥵AQI 48✈️3h$1,053 / mo🌇 Also went here408 people×Chiang Mai has had a deep Buddhist influence running over the last 1,000 years and this can be felt in the helpfulness, patience and generosity of the Thai and long-term transplants you come across. The city has an active community scene (nomads, spiritual seekers, hikers, creatives), several mountains with hiking spots and waterfalls surrounding the city, over 20 water bodies inside the city -- many have cafes and walks around, several public parks, and over 13 national parks with campgrounds w
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 13✈️3h$977 / mo🌇 Also went here478 people×BKK is amazing but if you want enjoy it, you will need at least 100k Baht per month. If you don’t have it, better choose another city.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 39° 102° 32° 89°🥵AQI 50✈️3h$1,332 / mo🌇 Also went here684 people×Very nice city, but as everyone says, a bit boring after awhile. It's comfortable and feels like the suburbs, with conveniences that you don't always find in SE Asian countries. Luxury shopping malls, excellent hospitals, and infrastructure, are all things that are not as common in other SE Asian countries, (although Bangkok, TH, has good malls and hospitals). KLCC is safe, from a solo female traveler, if you're careful. I stayed in the KLCC area and was advised by other KL nomads, to stay ins
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 35° 95° 30° 87°🥵AQI 95😷✈️4h$1,265 / mo🌇 Also went here461 people×So… amazing food. Great public transportation. Very clean. But very conformist. Self expression limited. The irony of seeing an exhibit on graffiti, yet no actual graffiti in the streets. And the causal racism especially if you’re brown. You could be British born but still expect to be sat far away from everyone else at cocktail bars, experience comments and have weird assumptions made.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety greatTap to open🌥 Feels 35° 95° 30° 85°🥵AQI 91😷✈️4h$4,177 / mo🌇 Also went here587 people×I've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 65°AQI 57😷✈️12h$3,572 / mo🌇 Also went here392 people×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 69°AQI 33✈️13h$5,167 / mo🌇 Also went here438 people×How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 42✈️13h$5,678 / mo🌇 Also went here462 people×This city is incredible. Now I understand why Parisians look down on other cities. It is endless. Museums, history, cool bars, incredible food, diversity, beautiful people nicely dressed... It helps a lot to speak French. It's expensive. I'd love to nomad here for a month or two. I really liked Marais as an area.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 87😷✈️13h$4,421 / mo🌇 Also went here432 people×I stayed in Poblenou, which is a really chill upcoming area outside of the tourism of Barcelona. Really enjoyed it. Very tranquil. People were relatively friendly compared to most in Europe and there was lots of nice food and coffee places. Also pretty okay gyms. Really enjoyed Barcelona this time! Just make sure you stay outside the tourist areas.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 53😷✈️14h$4,027 / mo🌇 Also went here390 people×7 years ago Lisbon was amazing. Since it became trendy lost what made it unique. I will return when the hype is gone!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 32° 90° 29° 83°AQI 25✈️15h$3,560 / mo🌇 Also went here406 people×Welcome to the city of main characters. New Yorkers can be incredibly friendly, we're quick to invite you into our places and plans and most of us enjoy a revolving circle of not-so-close friends and a little core group of people. New York makes it easy to do the best work of your life and have fun all night in between. Everything is a tap away. Nightlife can be fun, but the real underground parties have all progressively moved out to no-mans-land in Ridgewood and Bushwick (semi-convenient only
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 76°AQI 40✈️17h$6,517 / mo🌇 Also went here407 people×