⭐️ Total score | 2.29/5 (Rank #1161) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,688 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 32Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 1°C34°F (feels -1°C30°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 61% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 9 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 15 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 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 |
🏥 Healthcare* | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 2 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 32 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 1°C 34°F + 😊 Comfy (61%) = feels -1°C 30°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 9 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 15 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | World Cup Cafe |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 5,700 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,688 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,147 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,584 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,310 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,202 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,853 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $843 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $244 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $192 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $147 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $18 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $6 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ 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
❌ Hospitals are bad
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 341° cold | 373° cold | 457° cold | 5714° cool | 7021° mild | 7926° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 5915° cool | 5412° cool | 415° cold |
Real | 362° very cold | 405° very cold | 468° cold | 5714° cool | 6820° mild | 7826° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 5915° cool | 5412° cool | 436° very cold |
Humidity | nice 57% | nice 58% | nice 50% | nice 34% | nice 36% | nice 44% | nice 64% | nice 51% | nice 38% | nice 46% | nice 37% | nice 45% |
Rain | dry 50mm | dry 49mm | rainy 62mm | dry 28mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 73mm | rainy 117mm | rainy 69mm | dry 23mm | dry 31mm | dry 4mm | rainy 63mm |
Cloud | pockets 31% | pockets 36% | pockets 40% | pockets 27% | pockets 33% | pockets 38% | pockets 42% | pockets 30% | pockets 17% | pockets 26% | pockets 15% | pockets 19% |
Air quality | clean 37 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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