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| ⭐️ Overall score | 233 reviews |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Kazakhstan |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 11 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 15°C 58°F + 💦 Damp (71%) = feels 15°C 59°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 7 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Kcell |
| 💸 1,000 KZT in USD | USD 2.34 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KZT 100,000 = USD 234 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Veloyedov |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Nedelka |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 15% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $7,705 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 41% 👱♀️ 59% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Krisha |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Astana |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Astana |
| 🏥 Best hospital | IMC |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,168 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $769 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,419 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $405 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $223 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $103 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $366 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $17 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (145 listings) | $1,105 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $36 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Safe for women
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many members go here
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 362° cold | 373° cold | 5211° cool | 6116° cool | 6820° mild | 7725° warm | 8429° warm | 8228° warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool | 415° cold | 373° cold |
| Real | 362° very cold | 373° very cold | 5211° cool | 6016° cool | 6619° mild | 7625° warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool | 415° very cold | 373° very cold |
| Humidity | nice 53% | nice 56% | nice 51% | nice 59% | nice 41% | nice 45% | nice 35% | nice 34% | nice 42% | nice 46% | nice 63% | nice 60% |
| Rain | dry 13mm | dry 14mm | dry 23mm | dry 47mm | dry 29mm | rainy 140mm | dry 25mm | dry 35mm | dry 43mm | dry 36mm | dry 23mm | dry 25mm |
| Cloud | pockets 44% | pockets 48% | pockets 36% | cloudy 57% | pockets 20% | pockets 49% | pockets 20% | pockets 13% | pockets 41% | pockets 42% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 75% |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | safe 2 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | safe 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people |
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