⭐️ Total score | 2.98/5 (Rank #214) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,707 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 19Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 1°C34°F (feels -2°C28°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 92% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 30 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 19 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Mediocre: $1,482 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Good |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Estonia |
⏱ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 19 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 1°C 34°F + 💦 Damp (92%) = feels -2°C 28°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 19 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 109 |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | COW TARTU |
☕️ Best coffee place | Werner Café |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 93,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $17,782 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 39% 👱♀️ 61% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Kinnisvara |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Finnair |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Finnair |
🏥 Best hospital | Tartu University Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,707 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,619 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,757 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $788 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,587 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,559 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $542 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $74 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $84 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $266 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $9 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $10,000 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $20,000 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $50,000 |
✅ 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 very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 23-5° freezing | 14-10° freezing | 0° freezing | 436° cold | 5412° cool | 7222° mild | 8228° warm | 6418° cool | 5211° cool | 468° cold | 362° cold | 16-9° freezing |
Real | 28-2° freezing | 20-7° freezing | 373° very cold | 468° cold | 5513° cool | 7222° mild | 7926° warm | 6418° cool | 5412° cool | 5010° cold | 405° very cold | 23-5° freezing |
Humidity | damp 83% | damp 73% | damp 78% | nice 70% | damp 81% | nice 70% | nice 70% | nice 85% | damp 81% | damp 78% | damp 83% | damp 78% |
Rain | rainy 61mm | dry 24mm | rainy 55mm | dry 40mm | rainy 125mm | dry 35mm | dry 25mm | rainy 104mm | dry 39mm | dry 39mm | rainy 84mm | dry 46mm |
Cloud | overcast 95% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 56% | pockets 43% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 88% |
Air quality | clean 39 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 13 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI |
Sun | safe 0 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 3 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 400 people | 200 people | 267 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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