⭐️ Total score | 2.22/5 (Rank #1216) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,431 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 146Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 6°C44°F (feels 2°C36°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 80% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 20 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Very bad |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,478 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Denmark |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 146 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 6°C 44°F + 💦 Damp (80%) = feels 2°C 36°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 20 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10 DKK in USD | USD 1.46 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | DKK 1,000 = USD 146 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Brell Cafe |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 13,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $53,730 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Power |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | SAS |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,431 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,030 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $8,745 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,499 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $695 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,108 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,860 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $33 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $102 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $321 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $33 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $5 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $9 |
☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Cold all year round
❌ Very damp now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 30-1° freezing | 373° cold | 373° cold | 415° cold | 415° cold | 5010° cold | 5412° cool | 5412° cool | 5412° cool | 436° cold | 415° cold | 373° cold |
Real | 373° very cold | 447° cold | 436° very cold | 457° cold | 457° cold | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 5513° cool | 5513° cool | 489° cold | 468° cold | 436° very cold |
Humidity | damp 73% | damp 78% | damp 82% | damp 78% | damp 78% | damp 91% | damp 93% | damp 91% | damp 88% | damp 85% | damp 79% | damp 76% |
Rain | rainy 76mm | rainy 102mm | rainy 89mm | rainy 87mm | dry 33mm | rainy 64mm | dry 27mm | dry 25mm | rainy 154mm | rainy 135mm | rainy 167mm | rainy 136mm |
Cloud | cloudy 64% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 90% | cloudy 82% |
Sun | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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