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| ⭐️ Total score | 23 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
* Values derived from national statistics, might differ from the city itself. Last updated: 2025-04-17T12:27:48+00:00
| 🌍 Continent | Middle East |
| 🚩 Country | Saudi Arabia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 34°C 93°F + 😊 Comfy (35%) = feels 35°C 95°F |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 SAR in USD | USD 2.66 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SAR 1,000 = USD 266 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 8,745,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 167,598 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $19,817 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 95% 👱♀️ 5% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Qatar |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,933 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,956 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,213 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $632 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,178 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,906 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,402 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $159,908 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $55 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $161 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $246 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $3,775 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $11 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
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✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Extremely hot in the summer
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 8630° warm | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 10641° scorching | 10440° hot | 10440° hot | 10641° scorching | 9736° hot | 8831° hot | 8228° warm |
| Real | 7725° warm | 7926° warm | 8530° very warm | 9133° hot | 9636° hot | 9937° hot | 9837° hot | 9736° hot | 9535° hot | 9234° hot | 8530° very warm | 8027° warm |
| Humidity | nice 61% | nice 54% | nice 43% | nice 39% | nice 34% | nice 35% | nice 36% | nice 39% | nice 48% | nice 46% | nice 53% | nice 55% |
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| Rain | dry 15mm | dry 4mm | dry 0mm | dry 13mm | dry 2mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 2mm | dry 4mm | dry 1mm | dry 2mm | dry 2mm |
| Cloud | clear 9% | pockets 12% | clear 2% | pockets 13% | clear 9% | pockets 13% | pockets 30% | pockets 17% | pockets 21% | clear 3% | clear 3% | pockets 19% |
| Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 400 people | 200 people | 267 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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