⭐️ Total score | 3.2/5 (Rank #84) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍71% liked it 👎29% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $972 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🤬 Unusably slow: 5Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 19°C67°F (feels 19°C66°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 65% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy : 156 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😐 Moderate: 86 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
⚡️ Power grid | Bad |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Bad |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $60 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Nepal |
🗓️ Average trip length | 11 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 19°C 67°F + 😊 Comfy (65%) = feels 19°C 66°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 156 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 86 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Sarathi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 1,000 NPR in USD | USD 7.50 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NPR 10,000 = USD 75 |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍15% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $722 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
🏠 Apartment listings | Hamrobazaar |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet Airways |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Etihad Airways |
🏥 Best hospital | CIWEC |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $972 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $519 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,111 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $317 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $458 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $687 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $147 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $21 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $23 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $184 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $3,020 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 5513° cool | 5211° cool | 6619° mild | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 5714° cool | 5714° cool |
Real | 5513° cool | 5211° cool | 6619° mild | 7122° mild | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 6921° mild | 5714° cool | 5614° cool |
Humidity | too dry 28% | too dry 28% | too dry 20% | too dry 17% | nice 38% | nice 46% | nice 48% | nice 49% | nice 47% | nice 43% | nice 35% | too dry 30% |
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Rain | dry 2mm | dry 20mm | dry 28mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 204mm | rainy 475mm | rainy 550mm | rainy 664mm | rainy 382mm | rainy 95mm | dry 17mm | dry 28mm |
Cloud | pockets 15% | pockets 13% | pockets 13% | pockets 12% | pockets 39% | pockets 43% | pockets 46% | pockets 47% | pockets 39% | pockets 24% | pockets 19% | pockets 17% |
Air quality | bad 155 US AQI | bad 145 US AQI | bad 107 US AQI | bad 138 US AQI | bad 121 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 9 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 86 US AQI | bad 137 US AQI | bad 158 US AQI | bad 153 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 260 people | 367 people | 583 people | 650 people | 422 people | 320 people | 333 people | 333 people | 455 people | 844 people | 475 people | 400 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow👍 Liked great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 36° 97°🥵AQI 500😷✈️2h$1,075 / mo15Mbps×Don´t go. Pollution, traffic ,not safe... no fun.. bad experience.
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