⭐️ Total score |
1.86/5 (Rank #1251)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😳 Way too expensive: $12,252 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 0.50Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Freezing
: -52°C-62°F (feels -69°C-92°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 82%
|
👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$0 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Antarctica |
🚩 Country | Antarctica |
🗓️ Average trip length | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 0.5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ -52°C -62°F + 💦 Damp (82%) = feels -69°C -92°F
|
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 200 people |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | USAF |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | USAF |
🏥 Best hospital | McMurdo General Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $12,252 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $6,166 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $13,327 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $3,808 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $10,675 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $3,000 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $500 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $500 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $18 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $7 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $12 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $10 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Cold all year round
❌ Very damp now
❌ Hospitals are bad
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
-31
-35° freezing |
-13
-25° freezing |
-58
-50° freezing |
-27
-33° freezing |
-87
-66° freezing |
-36
-38° freezing |
-94
-70° freezing |
-105
-76° freezing |
-35
-37° freezing |
-83
-64° freezing |
-13
-25° freezing |
-27
-33° freezing |
Real |
-15
-26°
freezing |
1
-18°
freezing |
-36
-38°
freezing |
-9
-23°
freezing |
-56
-49°
freezing |
-16
-27°
freezing |
-62
-52°
freezing |
-71
-57°
freezing |
-14
-26°
freezing |
-56
-49°
freezing |
-0
-18°
freezing |
-11
-24°
freezing |
Humidity |
nice 36% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 15% |
too dry 12% |
too dry 5% |
too dry 6% |
too dry 3% |
too dry 7% |
too dry 13% |
too dry 28% |
nice 33% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 3mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 3mm |
Cloud |
pockets 11% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 34% |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 300 people | 400 people |
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