⭐️ Overall Score | 3.21/5 (Rank #301) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,169 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 55Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 11°C51°F (feels 10°C50°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 52% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 33 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 20 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very High: $4,224 / mo |
🙊 English speaking | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare | Great |
😄 Happiness | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Great |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Region | Europe |
🚩 Country | Sweden |
⏱ Average trip duration | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 55 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 11°C 51°F + 😊 Comfy (52%) = feels 10°C 50°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 33 US AQI 🍃 good |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 20 US AQI 🍃 good |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Telia |
💸 10 SEK in USD | USD 1.19 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SEK 1,000 = USD 119 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Mind Park |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Media Evolution City |
☕️ Best coffee place | Malmö & Lund Coffee Wrap-up |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Wheely's |
🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 280,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $50,687 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Webhallen |
🏠 Apartment listings | Red Apple |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | SAS |
🏥 Best hospital | Swedish Healthcare |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,169 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,620 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,540 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,011 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $691 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $296 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $2,908 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $136 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (115 listings) | $1,847 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $61 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $9 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hospitals are not that great
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 30-1° freezing | 373° cold | 415° cold | 5412° cool | 5412° cool | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 6116° cool | 5412° cool | 436° cold | 415° cold |
Real | 373° very cold | 426° very cold | 457° cold | 5513° cool | 5513° cool | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 6116° cool | 5513° cool | 468° cold | 457° cold |
Humidity | damp 73% | damp 76% | damp 72% | nice 58% | nice 65% | nice 68% | nice 70% | nice 70% | damp 74% | damp 75% | damp 77% | damp 76% |
Rain | dry 25mm | dry 27mm | dry 49mm | dry 12mm | dry 22mm | dry 38mm | dry 37mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 67mm | dry 33mm | dry 34mm |
Cloud | cloudy 76% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 67% | pockets 38% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 72% | overcast 94% | cloudy 85% |
Air quality | clean 19 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 26 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI |
Sun | safe 0 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 3 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 3 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 0 UVI |
Nomad List members | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people |
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