⭐️ Total score | 0.5/5 (Rank #1313) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍33% liked it 👎67% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Bad |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,998 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🤬 Unusably slow: 5Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 11°C52°F (feels 10°C50°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 33% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy : 151 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 106 US AQI |
👌 Safety | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $442 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 🤨 Busy: 11k ppl/km² (1 per 10x10m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Iran |
⏱ Average trip length | 14 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 11°C 52°F + 😊 Comfy (33%) = feels 10°C 50°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 151 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 106 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
💸 100,000 IRR in USD | USD 2.37 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IRR 10,000,000 = USD 237 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Lime Café |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 1,520,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 29,131 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 9,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,299 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 10x10m (100m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 91% 👱♀️ 9% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Delta Home |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Mahan |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | IranAir |
🏥 Best hospital | American Hospital Tehran |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,998 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $825 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,608 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $459 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,800 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $379 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $84 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $118 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $0.00 |
👩🏫 International school | $0.00 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | 0 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | 0 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Nomad List members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomad List members go here
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 468° cold | 5513° cool | 6116° cool | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 9032° hot | 9535° hot | 9032° hot | 8630° warm | 7222° mild | 5915° cool | 5211° cool |
Real | 468° cold | 5513° cool | 6116° cool | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 9334° hot | 9032° hot | 7222° mild | 5915° cool | 5211° cool |
Humidity | nice 47% | nice 34% | nice 32% | too dry 29% | nice 37% | too dry 11% | too dry 23% | too dry 21% | too dry 17% | nice 36% | nice 49% | nice 42% |
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Rain | dry 22mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 77mm | dry 29mm | rainy 74mm | dry 1mm | dry 17mm | dry 6mm | dry 0mm | dry 8mm | rainy 63mm | dry 50mm |
Cloud | pockets 14% | pockets 24% | pockets 46% | pockets 49% | cloudy 55% | clear 0% | pockets 26% | pockets 23% | clear 4% | pockets 17% | pockets 48% | pockets 39% |
Air quality | bad 129 US AQI | bad 162 US AQI | bad 162 US AQI | bad 162 US AQI | bad 162 US AQI | bad 109 US AQI | bad 103 US AQI | okay 95 US AQI | okay 93 US AQI | bad 102 US AQI | bad 122 US AQI | bad 139 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 267 people | 229 people | 280 people | 200 people |
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I've been here in April 2013. I've found it good, however, the weather was hot.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 16° 61° 15° 59°AQI 27✈️45min$2,117 / mo1Mbps×it is horrible if u choose to walk DONT i had people honking and catcalling me dont make that mistake
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 27✈️54min$3,325 / mo3Mbps×Baghdad is improving and becoming a bit more liberated, a few things for foreigners coming in, especially women. don't go out alone, for your safety, please have a companion with you. do visit malls of al-mansour district, and the top-notch restaurant on the west side of Baghdad do visit the cultural sites on the east sites too s.a almutanabi street, etc.. do visit Iraqi museum in the center of Baghdad (25,000 IQD/person) open till 1 PM weekdays (not fiday) Iraqis in general study english in sc
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun very bad👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 85😷✈️55min$1,716 / mo4Mbps×Great for tourism, bad for living. The City has a fascinating contrast of old and new. You will never get bored, it’s easy to meet people and have fun. Infrastructure and food are great. Thai people are friendly and welcoming, even when it not always feels genuine. With that said, it’s not a good city for long term living. It’s too hot and humid. Felt air temperature is between 37°C-45°C almost year round during the day. It’s makes all outdoor activity unpleasant. Getting your daily d
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 35° 95° 31° 89°🥵AQI 65😷✈️7h$1,418 / mo82Mbps×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 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 30✈️9h$4,033 / mo51Mbps×Great for a visit. Beautiful scenery. Good food. I thought it would be great to live here, start a startup and be in the same time zone as SF, close to Seattle, etc. But compared to Vancouver in 2009, one big change that totally ruined it for me: Absolute zombie apocalypse of drug addicts and shouting/violent home less people. It was shockingly bad. The locals often visibly carry naxalone (anti-overdose medicine, I learned) because there are so many people overdosing in the street. Police were n
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 6° 43° 7° 44°AQI 7✈️14h$4,590 / mo127Mbps×A walking stereotype. Overcrowded, messy, expensive. Literally nothing works. There are more USA people than in Lisbon, which I thought was impossible. Yes, Italians are awesome and food is great.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 11° 52° 11° 51°AQI 42✈️5h$5,074 / mo23Mbps×What a nice city! I stayed two weeks here and have been amazed by how colorful and beautiful the center is. People can sometimes be quite cold and unkind - however I also met very nice people here and had a lot of fun going out. I will surely be back and recommend it to anyone. 2 weeks is perfect, I would have probably got bored afterwards as the city is quite small.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -3° 27° 0° 32°AQI 160😷✈️4h$2,090 / mo31Mbps×I'm staying in BGC as I write this, and so far PH most aggressively mediocre place I've travelled to in Asia. While I'm used to free/cheap wifi, friendly people, and great food living in place like Thailand, even staying in the most modern area in the country lacks all of those (no free Wifi even at Starbucks, and I've seen "cooked fresh" restaurant food taken out of the freezer before cooking). Social culture is very uncanny valley, people are "polite" but it's extremely fake, which you'll noti
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 72😷✈️10h$1,550 / mo28Mbps×Green, clean, organized, cheap, good food. Very easy and cheap to go around with Yandex. Amazing hiking opportunities nearby. Bus to Almaty costs ~5€ and runs several times a day. Bus to Karakol costs also ~5€. Internet was great. Did several video calls without any issues. Data plans are super cheap (5€ for unlimited data, 1 month).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 1° 34° 1° 35°AQI 72😷✈️3h$1,427 / mo11Mbps×Pros: Safe, beautiful views, loads of nice little beach towns a taxi ride away. Native cuisine is delicious, maybe the best value restaurants in Europe. 8 months of pleasant weather. Old town is pretty charming. Local fruits are excellent and inexpensive. 1 Euro taxi rides. Georgians are generally warm. English ability among youth is good for FSU. A decent hipster coffee/bar/cafe/coworking scene is emerging from the Ru/Bel/Ukr exile community. The boardwalk on the coast is long and excellent -
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 10° 50° 10° 51°AQI 8✈️1h$2,221 / mo97Mbps×In terms of value for money for a city, I would say Kuala Lumpur is the best in all of Asia, high-quality apartments at a good price, high-quality restaurants, has a car scene if you are a car guy. I found it quite safe. For me, the weather was like 4 seasons in one day almost every day. Rains a lot, a lot of storms and also very hot and humid. Dating was ok not bad like Western countries but not the best. I found the city quite boring itself, not a lot to see inside of the city. If you are
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 44✈️8h$1,279 / mo79Mbps×Renting a flat as a freelancer here is incredibly difficult. The city isn't small but there's not enough to do in my opinion apart from drinking and eating. Locals mostly keep to themselves and don't mix much. Not enough nomadlisters. The co-working space here is alright (Harry Cow is €20 per day) but when it gets busy with 4-5 people having meetings and generally not being mindful of others, it's headache inducing. A lot of homeless weirdos with dogs asking for change who will insult you if y
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 99😷✈️6h$3,486 / mo34Mbps×I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 43✈️16h$5,343 / mo95Mbps×Overall, highly recommnded for the fall/spring. Great weather, food, wines and hikes. There are really nice coffeshops (currently writing from one, "The coffee place"). Internet is Ok, but check the accommodation before. Right now there is a lot of anti-sentiment for Russia, so consider that if you're from there.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 8° 46° 9° 48°AQI 57😷✈️1h$2,157 / mo🌇 Also went here14 people×Lived here for over a year, but I only recommend short visits. Contrary to what you hear, there is plenty of crime in parts of Dubai. Talking about that crime is considered taboo and, in many cases, is illegal. Sexual assault and gang violence against expats took place just outside my building, to people who lived in my building. I went to the police station a few times, but the issue was never handled and no arrests were ever made. I have videos of (unspecified) crimes taking place here, but
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 27° 81° 26° 79°AQI 69😷✈️2h$4,096 / mo🌇 Also went here20 people×I absolutely love Istanbul! My biggest recommendation would be to stay in Cihangir or Nişantaşı and avoid the main centre. Cihangir has so many beautiful cafes to work from and there are a lot of people working remotely so it's a really nice vibe. I agree with the comments about taxis, we just caught ubers but mostly walked everywhere which I would recommend. If you stay in Cihangir you can easily walk to Taxim square and through Galata. The food scene here is great once you know where to go
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 18✈️3h$1,634 / mo🌇 Also went here24 people×I've been here 2 years now. I pay for internet at 3 seperate places (home, office, 2nd apartment on seaside) I pay about $20 USD / month for 300Mbps/300Mbps at each of the 3. Internet here is super cheap, reliable and fast.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 2° 36° 2° 36°AQI 22✈️3h$2,296 / mo🌇 Also went here13 people×Stayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌨 Feels -1° 30° 0° 32°AQI 158😷✈️4h$2,369 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×Lived in Prague for 8 years. It's a beautiful international European city. Never learned Czech, but was fine. Almost all cafes and restaurants have English menus. Superb food delivery apps (Wolt is the best). All the food you can imagine. Vietnamese food is world-class because of the huge Vietnamese population. If you want hipster bars and cafes, there's plenty of that. If you want old-world-charm there's plenty of that. If you want posh luxury there's some of Europes best restaurants and cockta
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -5° 23° -2° 28°AQI 148😷✈️4h$3,161 / mo🌇 Also went here14 people×I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 4° 39° 6° 44°AQI 31✈️6h$5,013 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people×I find it difficult to understand what people see in this city. The cost to benefit ratio is just so terribly bad! This is by far the most expensive city in Europe (especially in terms of rent), with hardly anything to offer in comparision with other cities like Barcelona, Lisbon or Warsaw. The weather is just average, with cold and windy winters and mediocre summers. It's difficult to come by restaurants that offer anything other than Indian fast food for a decent price - most places are just u
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 5° 41° 7° 45°AQI 57😷✈️6h$5,987 / mo🌇 Also went here14 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 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 55😷✈️7h$1,025 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×Great for tourism, bad for living. The City has a fascinating contrast of old and new. You will never get bored, it’s easy to meet people and have fun. Infrastructure and food are great. Thai people are friendly and welcoming, even when it not always feels genuine. With that said, it’s not a good city for long term living. It’s too hot and humid. Felt air temperature is between 37°C-45°C almost year round during the day. It’s makes all outdoor activity unpleasant. Getting your daily d
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 35° 95° 31° 89°🥵AQI 65😷✈️7h$1,418 / mo🌇 Also went here18 people×In terms of value for money for a city, I would say Kuala Lumpur is the best in all of Asia, high-quality apartments at a good price, high-quality restaurants, has a car scene if you are a car guy. I found it quite safe. For me, the weather was like 4 seasons in one day almost every day. Rains a lot, a lot of storms and also very hot and humid. Dating was ok not bad like Western countries but not the best. I found the city quite boring itself, not a lot to see inside of the city. If you are
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 44✈️8h$1,279 / mo🌇 Also went here13 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 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 30✈️9h$4,033 / mo🌇 Also went here15 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 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety greatTap to open☀️ Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 20✈️10h$3,049 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×Was here in Mid-2023. Bali has completely changed from when I last visited in 2017. Full of arrogant influences and degenerate party people who are entitled and have no respect for the locals. Many Uber drivers told me they are starting to get annoyed because a lot of Westerners don’t respect anything…. Pollution and traffic are on the rise. It is turning into Kuta. Probably one of the least walkable places, forget walking on the sidewalk unless you want to get taken out. A lot of accidents
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83°AQI 123😷✈️11h$1,973 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 21✈️13h$7,576 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×