| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.42/5 (Rank #209)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍3 liked it 👎2 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: $6,150 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 51 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 19°C66°F (feels 19°C66°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 89%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 18%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 59 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 43 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* |
Great
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Very bad
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$5,734 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Sprawling: 3k ppl/km² (1 per 18x18m)
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| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Great |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Netherlands |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 51 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 19°C 66°F + 😊 Comfy (89%) = feels 19°C 66°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 59 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 44 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Katendrecht |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Groot-IJsselmonde |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EUR 100 = USD 112 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.5% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because Albert Heijn still doesn't accept CC) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Hard · 136 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,300,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 24,914 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $68,805 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 18x18m (324m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Cool Blue |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Marktplaats |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Transavia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,150 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $4,467 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $8,384 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $2,395 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,547 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,770 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,962 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $461,370 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $166 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $222 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $168 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $21 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $4 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $7 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $12,701 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $12 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $18,761 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $42,290 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $120,290 |
✅ Good nightlife
✅ Good restaurants
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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+
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Somewhat expensive
❌ Small city
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
337° cold |
643° cold |
643° cold |
846° cold |
1254° cool |
2170° mild |
2170° mild |
1966° mild |
1966° mild |
1355° cool |
948° cold |
439° cold |
| Real (median) |
541°
very cold |
947°
cold |
846°
cold |
1049°
cold |
1355°
cool |
2169°
mild |
2068°
mild |
1966°
mild |
1965°
mild |
1457°
cool |
1049°
cold |
643°
very cold |
| Humidity |
damp 87% |
damp 85% |
damp 81% |
damp 76% |
damp 79% |
nice 77% |
nice 81% |
nice 79% |
nice 79% |
damp 83% |
damp 87% |
damp 89% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 55mm |
rainy 54mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 67mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 74mm |
dry 27mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 67mm |
rainy 74mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 82% |
| Air quality |
clean 47 US AQI |
okay 70 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 0 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,629 people | 1,985 people | 1,473 people | 1,538 people | 2,200 people | 2,160 people | 1,754 people | 1,846 people | 1,569 people | 2,014 people | 2,031 people | 1,700 people |
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