🏆 Nomad Score™ | 2.76/5 |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,208 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 25Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Freezing : -3°C27°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Humid: 66% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 15 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Great |
👍 Quality of life | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace | Great |
🚦 Traffic safety | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness | Great |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🙊 English speaking | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Great |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
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🌍 Region | Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Iceland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 7 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 25 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | ☀️ -3°C 27°F + 💦 Humid (66%) + 💨 13km/h = Feels like -7°C 19°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 15 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 15 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | Vodafone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 1,000 ISK in USD | USD 8.17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: ISK 10,000 | USD 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💻 Best coworking space | Reykjavík Coworking Unit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👫 Gender ratio | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | IcelandAir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Finnair | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
few mosquitosislandno-beachairportnon-touristycoldcold nowclean airgood air qualityfast internethigh cost of livinglow crimehigh humidityfreedom of pressdemocracyfreedommany womenfriendly people |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $4,208 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,779 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,765 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,647 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,226 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $302 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $2,707 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $127 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (81 listings) | $3,859 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $127 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $12 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $8 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
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✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many nomads have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBT
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold all year yound
❌ Humid now
❌ Not many nomads right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
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