
| ⭐️ Total score | 2.34/5 (Rank #478) |
| 👍 Quality of life score | Good |
| 👶 Family score | Good |
| 🎒 Community score | Okay |
| 💵 Cost | 😳 Way too expensive: $5,307 / mo |
| 📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 120Mbps (avg) |
| 😝 Fun | Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 14°C56°F (feels 14°C57°F) |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 46% |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 23 US AQI |
| 👌 Safety | Good |
| 🤮 Food safety* | Great |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
| 🎓 Education level* | High |
| ⚡️ Power grid | Great |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
| 💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
| 🙊 English speaking* | Great |
| 😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Sprawling: 1k ppl/km² (1 per 27x27m) |
| 🚶 Walkability | Great |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
| 🏥 Hospitals | Great |
| 😄 Happiness* | Good |
| 🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from | Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
| 👩 Female friendly | Okay |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
| 🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 120 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 14°C 56°F + 😊 Comfy (46%) = feels 14°C 57°F |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 23 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Columbia Heights |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Catholic University-Brookland |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | The Hive |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Lady Camellia |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Tryst |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 680,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 27x27m (729m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Urban Igloo |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | JetBlue |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Delta |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Inova Fairfax Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $5,307 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,451 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $8,941 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,555 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,327 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,180 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $109 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $435 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $20 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $23,776 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $18 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members 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
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 415° cold | 341° cold | 5513° cool | 6317° cool | 7021° mild | 8127° warm | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 7725° warm | 7222° mild | 489° cold | 5211° cool |
| Real | 426° very cold | 373° very cold | 5513° cool | 6217° cool | 7021° mild | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8530° very warm | 7625° warm | 7122° mild | 489° cold | 5211° cool |
| Humidity | nice 33% | nice 35% | too dry 25% | too dry 29% | too dry 28% | nice 35% | nice 34% | nice 38% | nice 34% | nice 38% | nice 30% | too dry 28% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain | rainy 55mm | rainy 85mm | rainy 90mm | rainy 78mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 88mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 95mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 78mm | dry 10mm | dry 7mm |
| Cloud | pockets 29% | pockets 47% | pockets 22% | pockets 32% | pockets 36% | pockets 38% | pockets 27% | pockets 36% | pockets 25% | pockets 36% | pockets 23% | pockets 35% |
| Air quality | clean 12 US AQI | clean 10 US AQI | clean 10 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 28 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 853 people | 646 people | 1,092 people | 943 people | 913 people | 714 people | 1,057 people | 870 people | 1,147 people | 975 people | 1,271 people | 943 people |
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Do not go to Baltimore. Very unsafe, not much to do, bad roads, bad air, pollution everywhere (including water), and it’s not a nice place to be overall. Many murders and gangs. Do yourself a favor by never going here.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 9° 48° 9° 48°✈️26min$9,246 / mo86Mbps×How 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).
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 8° 46° 10° 50°AQI 63😷✈️1h$4,916 / mo65Mbps×I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 11° 52° 11° 51°AQI 51😷✈️10h$2,283 / mo🌇 Also went here142 people×Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
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