⭐️ Total score | 2.94/5 (Rank #250) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,806 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 46Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 10°C50°F (feels 8°C46°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 55% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 30 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 61 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $4,817 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | North America |
🚩 Country | United States |
⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 46 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 10°C 50°F + 😊 Comfy (55%) = feels 8°C 46°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 61.304721030043 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Denny's |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | TheHive Wichita |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 390,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,808 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | American Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Via Christi Clinic |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,806 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,774 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,402 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,258 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,516 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,478 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $952 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $71 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $48 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $358 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ 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
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 436° cold | 28-2° freezing | 5714° cool | 5714° cool | 7222° mild | 9133° hot | 9736° hot | 9937° hot | 9133° hot | 7021° mild | 5412° cool | 5211° cool |
Real | 457° cold | 341° very cold | 5915° cool | 5815° cool | 7222° mild | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 7021° mild | 5513° cool | 5412° cool |
Humidity | nice 70% | nice 67% | nice 68% | nice 60% | nice 79% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 73% | nice 67% | nice 61% | nice 65% | nice 56% | nice 53% |
Rain | rainy 64mm | dry 1mm | rainy 117mm | dry 21mm | rainy 73mm | rainy 124mm | rainy 75mm | dry 45mm | rainy 50mm | rainy 155mm | dry 13mm | dry 1mm |
Cloud | pockets 48% | cloudy 58% | pockets 37% | pockets 43% | cloudy 76% | pockets 36% | pockets 21% | pockets 30% | clear 8% | pockets 28% | pockets 27% | pockets 27% |
Sun | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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