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| ⭐️ Total score | 186 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🍸 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 | North Korea |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 16°C 61°F + 💦 Damp (78%) = feels 16°C 61°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 50 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V 60Hz50Hz |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Koryolink |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 610,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,300 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Korea DPR |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Koryo |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Koryo |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,177 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $611 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,510 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $431 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $150 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $360 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,378 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $65 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
23
-5° freezing |
30
-1° freezing |
41
5° cold |
52
11° cool |
61
16° cool |
66
19° mild |
75
24° warm |
77
25° warm |
70
21° mild |
61
16° cool |
45
7° cold |
30
-1° freezing |
| Real |
26
-4°
freezing |
32
-0°
freezing |
42
6°
very cold |
52
11°
cool |
60
16°
cool |
66
19°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
76
25°
warm |
70
21°
mild |
59
15°
cool |
46
8°
cold |
33
1°
very cold |
| Humidity |
nice 53% |
nice 60% |
nice 63% |
nice 61% |
damp 75% |
nice 88% |
nice 91% |
nice 86% |
nice 77% |
nice 62% |
nice 58% |
nice 50% |
| Rain |
dry 23mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 41mm |
dry 20mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 414mm |
rainy 55mm |
dry 40mm |
rainy 76mm |
dry 12mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 48% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 34% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 66% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 28% |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
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