⭐️ Total score | 2.19/5 (Rank #875) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,219 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 60Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 8°C46°F (feels 6°C43°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 71% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 23 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 38 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Very bad |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,433 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Belgium |
🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 60 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 8°C 46°F + 💦 Damp (71%) = feels 6°C 43°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 23 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 39 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Taxi.eu |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 107 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee College |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Startit BE |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 98,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $41,199 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 92% 👱♀️ 8% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Coolblue |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Lufthansa |
🏥 Best hospital | Hospital Gasthuisberg Leuven |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,219 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,298 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,229 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,208 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,934 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,378 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $870 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $184 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $111 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $211 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $13 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $11,152 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $28 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $10 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 362° cold | 457° cold | 457° cold | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 5513° cool | 468° cold | 394° cold |
Real | 394° very cold | 489° cold | 468° cold | 5010° cold | 5513° cool | 7222° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 5714° cool | 489° cold | 436° very cold |
Humidity | nice 43% | nice 39% | nice 37% | nice 34% | nice 38% | nice 41% | nice 43% | nice 42% | nice 40% | nice 41% | nice 43% | nice 44% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
Rain | rainy 68mm | dry 44mm | rainy 56mm | dry 36mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 78mm | rainy 70mm | dry 28mm | rainy 74mm | dry 34mm | rainy 76mm |
Cloud | cloudy 54% | pockets 41% | pockets 43% | pockets 37% | pockets 49% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 51% | pockets 43% | cloudy 51% | pockets 47% | cloudy 54% |
Air quality | clean 46 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 46 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 229 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people |
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