⭐️ Total score | 2.49/5 (Rank #268) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Good |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,353 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 34Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 12°C54°F (feels 12°C54°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 83% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 13 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 31 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Great |
🎓 Education level* | Very high |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very high: $3,353 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Oceania |
🚩 Country | New Zealand |
🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 34 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 12°C 54°F + 💦 Damp (83%) = feels 12°C 54°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 13 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 31 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 NZD in USD | USD 5.93 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NZD 1,000 = USD 593 |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | C-Lab |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Ministryofawesome |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 370,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $40,233 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 88% 👱♀️ 12% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jetstar |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,353 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,039 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,526 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,293 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,810 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,025 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $964 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $85 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $66 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $409 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $13 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $7,905 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $12 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Very damp now
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 6317° cool | 6317° cool | 5412° cool | 489° cold | 468° cold | 489° cold | 5010° cold | 5412° cool | 5915° cool | 6317° cool |
Real | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 6317° cool | 6217° cool | 5412° cool | 5010° cold | 489° cold | 5010° cold | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 5915° cool | 6317° cool |
Humidity | nice 36% | nice 36% | nice 35% | nice 35% | nice 36% | nice 39% | nice 36% | nice 35% | nice 32% | nice 38% | nice 37% | nice 40% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 31mm | dry 4mm | dry 16mm | dry 35mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 58mm | dry 29mm | rainy 59mm | dry 40mm | rainy 55mm | dry 39mm | rainy 57mm |
Cloud | pockets 44% | pockets 40% | pockets 38% | pockets 33% | pockets 32% | pockets 43% | pockets 26% | pockets 37% | pockets 37% | pockets 45% | pockets 45% | cloudy 54% |
Air quality | clean 23 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 23 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 48 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 57 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 24 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 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 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 473 people | 378 people | 511 people | 286 people | 240 people | 267 people | 200 people | 343 people | 229 people | 320 people | 457 people | 429 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵✈️11h$4,306 / mo🌇 Also went here64 people×This city is not for everyone, if you like shopping malls and big crowded cities it is for you. It may be cheap but if you want to live in a good location with swimming pool, go to nice rooftops and restaurants, use taxis then it is similar cost to western countries. In many areas there are no sidewalks, big and dangerous traffic all the time, pollution, taxis do not want to go with meter, it can get really hot. Definitely try to live by the metro. Many foreigners, mostly friendly people, cheap
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 5° 41° 7° 45°AQI 33✈️25h$6,299 / mo🌇 Also went here64 people×I don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 40✈️26h$3,829 / mo🌇 Also went here54 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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