⭐️ Total score | 2.13/5 (Rank #1234) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,128 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 67Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 3°C38°F (feels 0°C0°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 64% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 11 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 12 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Okay |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,538 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Europe |
🚩 Country | Germany |
⏱ Average trip length | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 67 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 3°C 38°F + 😊 Comfy (64%) = feels 0°C 0°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 11 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 12 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 107 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Christi's Eis & Kaffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 110,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $42,456 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 67% 👱♀️ 33% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Lufthansa |
🏥 Best hospital | Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder Trier |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,128 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,845 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,298 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,514 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,482 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,366 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $846 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $116 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $78 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $359 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $28 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $7 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 341° cold | 457° cold | 468° cold | 5211° cool | 5412° cool | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 5714° cool | 457° cold | 415° cold |
Real | 373° very cold | 479° cold | 489° cold | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6921° mild | 5714° cool | 468° cold | 436° very cold |
Humidity | damp 87% | damp 85% | damp 79% | damp 73% | damp 81% | nice 82% | nice 88% | nice 86% | nice 81% | damp 83% | damp 88% | damp 90% |
Rain | rainy 114mm | rainy 71mm | rainy 65mm | rainy 52mm | rainy 133mm | rainy 89mm | rainy 151mm | rainy 61mm | dry 41mm | rainy 60mm | rainy 58mm | rainy 73mm |
Cloud | overcast 94% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 83% | overcast 93% |
Air quality | clean 16 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI |
Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 250 people | 200 people | 250 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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