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| ⭐️ Total score | 193 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | New Zealand |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 20 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 9°C 48°F + 😊 Comfy (69%) = feels 9°C 48°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 33 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Vodafone |
| 💸 10 NZD in USD | USD 6.32 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NZD 100 = USD 63 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Coffee Shack Wanaka |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 8,500 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,233 / year |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Jetstar |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,871 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,954 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,741 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,069 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $774 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $208 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,274 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $200 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 5 listings) | $2,910 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $95 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $9 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ 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
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Hospitals are bad
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 6116° cool | 5412° cool | 5412° cool | 5010° cold | 5211° cool | 5412° cool | 6116° cool | 6619° mild | 6820° mild |
| Real | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 6116° cool | 5412° cool | 5312° cool | 5010° cold | 5211° cool | 5412° cool | 6116° cool | 6519° mild | 6619° mild |
| Humidity | nice 59% | nice 58% | nice 63% | nice 57% | nice 58% | nice 66% | nice 62% | nice 60% | nice 55% | nice 61% | nice 58% | nice 65% |
| Rain | rainy 143mm | dry 39mm | rainy 57mm | dry 50mm | rainy 95mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 105mm | rainy 97mm | rainy 156mm | rainy 68mm | rainy 94mm | rainy 115mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 73% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 82% |
| Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 267 people | 267 people | 267 people | 200 people | 0 people | 400 people | 267 people | 200 people | 0 people | 267 people | 300 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 43° 109° 31° 87°🥵AQI 57✈️12h$976 / mo🌇 Also went here14 peopleHong Kong is a great city with dense urban areas but also nature and hiking routes only 15 minutes away. There are restaurants for every taste and budget, from the best US fast casual chains to high end Michelin star restaurants. It's also extremely safe, despite recent political instability.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 32✈️12h$2,401 / mo🌇 Also went here12 peopleI cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 45° 113° 32° 89°🥵AQI 53✈️13h$1,262 / mo🌇 Also went here17 peopleHow did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 46✈️15h$6,986 / mo🌇 Also went here13 peopleBerlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 29° 84°AQI 53✈️24h$4,132 / mo🌇 Also went here14 peopleA top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 30✈️25h$5,931 / mo🌇 Also went here15 peopleLived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 56✈️25h$4,499 / mo🌇 Also went here14 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
