⭐️ Total score | 2.77/5 (Rank #1083) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $624 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 28Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 38°C101°F (feels 47°C117°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 48% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy : 160 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 116 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $142 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
😤 People density | 😤 Dense: 22k ppl/km² (7x7m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
⏱ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 28 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 38°C 101°F + 😊 Comfy (48%) = feels 47°C 117°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 160 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 116 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | AirTel |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.29 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 129 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee Culture |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 5,600,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
😤 Population density | 😤 crowded: 7x7m (49m²) per person |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | IndiGo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air India |
🏥 Best hospital | Care Institute of Medical Sciences |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $624 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $446 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $350 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $100 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $109 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $3 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $595 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $28 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 73 listings) | $1,415 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $46 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $0 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $0 |
☕️ Coffee | $0 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 8127° warm | 8429° warm | 9736° hot | 10641° scorching | 11546° scorching | 11546° scorching | 11144° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10239° hot | 9937° hot | 8630° warm | 8127° warm |
Real | 8127° warm | 8731° hot | 9736° hot | 10038° hot | 10038° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 8630° very warm | 9032° hot | 8630° very warm | 7926° warm |
Humidity | nice 44% | too dry 29% | too dry 27% | nice 32% | nice 46% | nice 56% | sweaty 75% | nice 67% | sweaty 86% | nice 56% | nice 37% | nice 51% |
Rain | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 9mm | rainy 113mm | rainy 58mm | rainy 177mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 394mm | dry 18mm | dry 10mm | dry 4mm |
Cloud | clear 1% | clear 2% | clear 3% | clear 9% | pockets 27% | pockets 45% | overcast 92% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 90% | pockets 30% | pockets 28% | clear 9% |
Air quality | bad 163 US AQI | bad 167 US AQI | bad 153 US AQI | bad 170 US AQI | bad 124 US AQI | bad 112 US AQI | bad 116 US AQI | bad 116 US AQI | bad 116 US AQI | bad 161 US AQI | bad 166 US AQI | bad 156 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 333 people | 250 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 333 people | 200 people | 300 people |
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