⭐️ Total score | 3.16/5 (Rank #556) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,099 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 146Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 10°C50°F (feels 8°C46°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 74% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 10 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 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) | 🌧 10°C 50°F + 💦 Damp (74%) = feels 8°C 46°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 10 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Call Me |
💸 10 DKK in USD | USD 1.44 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | DKK 1,000 = USD 144 |
💸 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 |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Power |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | SAS |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,099 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,325 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,941 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,412 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $863 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $270 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $684 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $32 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $14 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $7 |
☕️ 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+
❌ 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 | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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I studied in Aberdeen for a year and loved living there. The city has charm and is very walkable. It was easy to meet people from the university and through my student accommodation but could see it being difficult if you aren't attending university. It wasn't too expensive coming from the US and was manageable on a student budget. It is easy to catch a train to explore nearby cities. The train ride from Edinburgh to Aberdeen is very scenic and shows a cliffside view for the majority of the ride
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 14° 57° 15° 60°AQI 25✈️1h$4,155 / mo17Mbps×I've been there in summer. I don't understand why the rate of walkability is bad, that is ridiculous. People are friendly and polite, if you want to find a job is easy, although opening a bank account to get your salary can take two months. There are plenty of coffees, restaurants and bars, often you need to book in advance (more if the weather is good), and they will rip you off. I knew this, and I went there with the plan of no-eating out, no coffee-out and no-party, but even the supermarket i
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