⭐️ Total score | 2.38/5 (Rank #459) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $785 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 15Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 31°C87°F (feels 39°C102°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 74% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 46 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
⚡️ Power grid | Very bad |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $142 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 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 | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
🗓️ Average trip length | 11 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 15 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 31°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (74%) = feels 39°C 102°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 46 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Ola |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.20 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 120 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 600,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Magicbricks |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | IndiGo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $785 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $489 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $891 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $255 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $309 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $922 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $136 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $14 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $30 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $136 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,293 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ 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 | 8228° warm | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 8228° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° warm |
Real | 8027° warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 7826° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8027° warm | 8228° very warm |
Humidity | nice 41% | nice 39% | nice 41% | nice 42% | nice 44% | nice 44% | nice 46% | nice 46% | nice 45% | nice 46% | nice 45% | nice 39% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 11mm | dry 31mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 179mm | rainy 333mm | rainy 496mm | rainy 530mm | rainy 395mm | rainy 304mm | rainy 299mm | rainy 171mm | rainy 62mm |
Cloud | pockets 32% | pockets 22% | pockets 27% | pockets 44% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 62% | pockets 30% |
Air quality | okay 53 US AQI | bad 159 US AQI | bad 159 US AQI | bad 159 US AQI | bad 159 US AQI | bad 159 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 400 people | 300 people | 467 people | 240 people | 320 people | 500 people | 450 people | 267 people | 400 people | 233 people | 350 people | 343 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°✈️18h$6,406 / mo🌇 Also went here31 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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