⭐️ Total score | 3.98/5 (Rank #48) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $706 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 37Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 24°C76°F (feels 24°C75°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 89% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 58 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😐 Moderate: 92 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $142 / mo |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍100% liked it 👎0% disliked it |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 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 | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
⏱ Average trip length | 29 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 37 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌦 24°C 76°F + 😊 Comfy (89%) = feels 24°C 75°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 58 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 92 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Vishveshwara Puram |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | HSR Layout |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Airtel |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.28 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 128 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍16% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 4,300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Magicbricks |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | SpiceJet |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air India |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $706 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $502 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $815 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $233 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $204 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $83 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $384 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $18 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 523 listings) | $1,038 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $34 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $0 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7725° warm | 8228° warm | 8630° warm | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 8831° hot | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7524° warm |
Real | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7524° warm |
Humidity | nice 70% | nice 52% | nice 41% | nice 53% | nice 70% | sweaty 74% | nice 87% | nice 83% | nice 85% | nice 92% | nice 96% | nice 75% |
Rain | dry 15mm | dry 13mm | dry 3mm | dry 48mm | rainy 129mm | rainy 84mm | rainy 134mm | rainy 134mm | rainy 134mm | rainy 293mm | rainy 305mm | dry 21mm |
Cloud | pockets 46% | pockets 26% | pockets 13% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 83% | overcast 93% | overcast 96% | overcast 94% | overcast 94% | overcast 92% | overcast 94% | cloudy 51% |
Air quality | bad 133 US AQI | bad 125 US AQI | bad 121 US AQI | bad 118 US AQI | bad 117 US AQI | bad 104 US AQI | okay 80 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | okay 68 US AQI | okay 82 US AQI | bad 115 US AQI | bad 118 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 743 people | 500 people | 400 people | 440 people | 286 people | 275 people | 275 people | 650 people | 457 people | 475 people | 500 people | 600 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 45° 113° 32° 89°🥵AQI 53✈️3h$1,262 / mo🌇 Also went here75 people×I do not like Hanoi. I would not recommend it. I would rather go to Mexico city (cleaner and easier to get around). The driving situation is bizarre and scary. Gab app only works with cash, and honestly, most things only work with cash. The streets are dirty and disorganized. People barely speak English here (I found more english speakers in Da Nang, Vietnam). I tried to stay in Truc Bach and it was so dirty and loud that i left to West lake (which is supposed to be one of the nice area). It is
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 46° 115° 32° 90°🥵AQI 57✈️4h$951 / mo🌇 Also went here59 people×Been living here for more than 3 years. Overall I do not recommend it. Its not terrible but overall theres better options in asia. The city is constantly busy, noisy and polluted (air and landscapes). You can hardly go out for breeze of fresh air or to relax and ease your mind. There is not much nature, beach or mountains for you to escape. Traveling is very restriced because people go crazy due to covid. During the lockdown you couldnt even leave your appartment for a walk outside. They trapp
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