| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.67/5 (Rank #101)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍11 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $6,677 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 37 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 10°C51°F (feels 8°C46°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 79%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 3%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 25 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 17 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Good
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Great |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Great |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$4,800 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | United Kingdom |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 37 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 10°C 51°F + 💦 Damp (79%) = feels 8°C 46°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 17 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Meadowbank and Abbeyhill North |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Dalmeny, Kirkliston and Newbridge |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GBP 100 = USD 133 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | TechCube |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Soft · 31 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,660,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 31,814 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 520,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $57,602 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 73% 👱♀️ 27% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | GumTree |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ryanair |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | British Airways |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,677 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $5,059 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $7,511 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,146 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,822 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $9,896 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,610 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $451,059 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $132 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $324 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $106 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $24 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $8 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $25,273 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $6,986 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $24,341 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $91,526 |
✅ Very walkable
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good public transportation
✅ Lots to do
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com 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
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Fewer digital nomads
❌ Cooler, rainier weather
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
236° cold |
337° cold |
745° cold |
846° cold |
1050° cold |
1763° cool |
1966° mild |
1864° cool |
1864° cool |
1152° cool |
846° cold |
337° cold |
| Real (median) |
439°
very cold |
643°
very cold |
948°
cold |
947°
cold |
1152°
cool |
1762°
cool |
1965°
mild |
1763°
cool |
1763°
cool |
1254°
cool |
1050°
cold |
541°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 86% |
damp 83% |
damp 81% |
damp 75% |
damp 80% |
damp 80% |
nice 84% |
damp 82% |
damp 84% |
damp 85% |
damp 85% |
damp 86% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 57mm |
dry 19mm |
rainy 62mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 71mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 86mm |
dry 42mm |
rainy 81mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 81% |
| Air quality |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 14 US AQI |
clean 15 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 24 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 0 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,737 people | 2,100 people | 2,400 people | 2,529 people | 3,729 people | 3,095 people | 3,600 people | 4,579 people | 3,253 people | 3,713 people | 2,288 people | 2,400 people |
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