⭐️ Total score |
1.72/5 (Rank #1280)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😳 Way too expensive: $6,889 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 1Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 24°C75°F (feels 24°C75°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 28%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 99 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 58 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$532 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Turkmenistan |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 24°C 75°F + 🌵 Too dry (28%) = feels 24°C 75°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 99 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 59 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 TMT in USD | USD 2.86 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | TMT 1,000 = USD 286 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Şazada Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
📸 Visitors per year | 7,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 134 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $6,389 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Turkmenistan Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Central Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,889 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,948 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,844 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,098 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $5,905 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $700 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $277 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $339 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $19 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
👩🏫 International school | $35,200 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
39
4° cold |
34
1° cold |
46
8° cold |
55
13° cool |
68
20° mild |
77
25° warm |
77
25° warm |
73
23° mild |
72
22° mild |
57
14° cool |
46
8° cold |
41
5° cold |
Real |
38
4°
very cold |
34
1°
very cold |
46
8°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
67
20°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
78
26°
warm |
71
22°
mild |
56
14°
cool |
46
8°
cold |
40
5°
very cold |
Humidity |
too dry 22% |
too dry 25% |
nice 33% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 15% |
too dry 10% |
too dry 14% |
too dry 9% |
too dry 13% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 25% |
too dry 23% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 5mm |
dry 7mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 14mm |
dry 13mm |
Cloud |
clear 3% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 15% |
clear 3% |
pockets 11% |
clear 2% |
clear 2% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 18% |
Air quality |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 59* US AQI |
okay 59* US AQI |
okay 59* US AQI |
okay 59* US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
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