⭐️ Total score | 2.7/5 (Rank #677) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,293 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 33Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Freezing : -11°C13°F (feels -15°C5°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 98% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 63 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 19 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food 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 | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 33 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 -11°C 13°F + 💦 Damp (98%) = feels -15°C 5°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 63 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 | 8% 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) | 👨 92% 👱♀️ 8% |
🏞 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 | $3,293 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,040 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,100 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $886 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,641 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,710 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $499 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $77 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $122 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $266 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $11 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $15,095 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
💰 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+
❌ Too 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% |
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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 |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 400 people | 200 people | 250 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 26✈️3h$1,634 / mo🌇 Also went here23 people×I don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 10° 50° 11° 53°AQI 21✈️3h$3,768 / mo🌇 Also went here31 people×Once you figure out housing (not an easy thing but doable, especially once you stop looking in the touristic areas), Lisbon is a very charming, safe (even though I'll admit this is getting worse in certain areas), and fun city to live in. In most neighbourhoods you have the feeling of living in a small town instead of an urban area. There's aways something to do or see so it's hard to be bored living here. I still find Lisbon (and Portugal in general), to be one of the most attractive places in
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