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| ⭐️ Total score | 57 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | India |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 32°C 89°F + 😊 Comfy (69%) = feels 40°C 104°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 24 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 66 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 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) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | The Startup Center |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍16% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 5,186,300 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 99,395 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 6,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 8x8m (64m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 92% 👱♀️ 8% |
| 🏞 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 | $1,125 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $568 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,157 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $331 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $586 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $992 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $180 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $27 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $33 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $290 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $1,505 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg ~3km/2mi trip) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ 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 | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9736° hot | 11345° scorching | 11345° scorching | 11345° scorching | 11144° scorching | 10943° scorching | 11144° scorching | 10641° scorching | 9736° hot | 8831° hot |
| Real | 8228° very warm | 8329° very warm | 8630° very warm | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 79% | sweaty 72% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 77% | nice 69% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 75% |
| Rain | rainy 55mm | dry 20mm | dry 1mm | dry 8mm | dry 37mm | dry 48mm | rainy 152mm | rainy 133mm | rainy 124mm | rainy 251mm | rainy 653mm | rainy 61mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 56% | pockets 31% | pockets 26% | pockets 40% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 89% | overcast 96% | overcast 94% | overcast 94% | cloudy 83% | overcast 94% | pockets 45% |
| Air quality | bad 137 US AQI | bad 108 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 69 US AQI | okay 72 US AQI | okay 75 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 64 US AQI | bad 107 US AQI | bad 114 US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
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Bengaluru, January 4-9, and 13-13, 2020. Had a good time in Bengaluru ( formerly Bangalore). At first I stayed at the Parijatha Gateway Hotel, Near Soap Factory Metro, which was ideal for my purposes. Transit & shopping was nearby, and there was a mall and good food. The Metro in BLR is VERY modern and smooth- be prepared to be patted down (women and men separately) to get into the station, and you can but a metrocard at the ticket window. In Bangalore the internet is VERY fast (it is India
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 32✈️23min$1,163 / mo37Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 10✈️31min$1,209 / mo8Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 31° 88°🥵AQI 56😷✈️31min$900 / mo10Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 57😷✈️33min$964 / mo5Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 36° 97° 31° 87°🥵AQI 49✈️34min$898 / mo5Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 30° 86°🥵AQI 56😷✈️34min$1,230 / mo5Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 95😷✈️41min$552 / mo5MbpsOne of India’s top cities for tech workers
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 71😷✈️41min$1,110 / mo4Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°🥵AQI 95😷✈️42min$1,142 / mo3Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 96😷✈️42min$1,111 / mo5Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 96😷✈️44min$1,020 / mo2MbpsStayed a whole month in Fort Kochi area, eventually going to Ernakulam (downtown area). It is unarguably very different than rest of India, much more cleaner and with friendlier people. Beaches aren`t nice for bathing but are a great choice to catch sunsets everyday. Cost of living is dirty cheap and public transport is good. They even have a subway crossing the city with reminds me the BTS in Bangkok. Actually, Kochi to me is like a small and boring version of Bangkok, which is good if you need
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 41✈️45min$774 / mo3MbpsBengaluru, January 4-9, and 13-13, 2020. Had a good time in Bengaluru ( formerly Bangalore). At first I stayed at the Parijatha Gateway Hotel, Near Soap Factory Metro, which was ideal for my purposes. Transit & shopping was nearby, and there was a mall and good food. The Metro in BLR is VERY modern and smooth- be prepared to be patted down (women and men separately) to get into the station, and you can but a metrocard at the ticket window. In Bangalore the internet is VERY fast (it is India
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 32✈️23min$1,163 / mo37MbpsI spent only one week here, so I can’t give super well-rounded opinion. Unfortunately BKK wasn’t for me, and I figured that out very quickly. I prefer working in cafes on USA stock market hours. I found nearly every decent cafe in Bangkok closed at 6pm or 8pm at the latest. Yes, there are some coworking places, but most don’t allow you to stay after 6pm on a drop-in basis. Traffic was hectic and stressful. Traffic jams on random streets in the middle of the day were common, so doing city t
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 43° 109° 34° 92°🥵AQI 82😷✈️3h$1,344 / mo30Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 36° 97° 31° 87°🥵AQI 49✈️34min$898 / mo5MbpsStayed a whole month in Fort Kochi area, eventually going to Ernakulam (downtown area). It is unarguably very different than rest of India, much more cleaner and with friendlier people. Beaches aren`t nice for bathing but are a great choice to catch sunsets everyday. Cost of living is dirty cheap and public transport is good. They even have a subway crossing the city with reminds me the BTS in Bangkok. Actually, Kochi to me is like a small and boring version of Bangkok, which is good if you need
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 41✈️45min$774 / mo3MbpsSri Lanka is a beautiful country with great surf. But it is very expensive and the wifi is atrocious. It is not a digital nomad's destination. Was very surprised by the cost of food Western and Sri Lankan. There are MUCH cheaper & better options in Japan or Korea! Of course, they have just suffered from a financial melt down and so anything imported is very expensive. I am an Aussie and its is a very expensive place to live. The prices charged in Sri Lanka to eat out are equal (or more!) than t
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 25✈️55min$1,178 / mo7MbpsVery culturally enriching. The architecture, the history, the food, the customs of the people. It's also very cheap. Nightlife is good but it ends up very early. Also, public transportation is chaotic.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 40° 104° 34° 93°🥵AQI 62😷✈️2h$1,196 / mo3Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 40° 104° 34° 92°🥵AQI 142😷✈️2h$885 / mo5MbpsPenang is really, really hot and humid. It's pretty affordable but it's relatively small. Personally, I think traveling Penang is great because you have a mix of cultures but I couldn't stay here for a longer time because it is so unbelievable hot.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°AQI 16✈️3h$967 / mo13MbpsChiang Mai has had a deep Buddhist influence running over the last 1,000 years and this can be felt in the helpfulness, patience and generosity of the Thai and long-term transplants you come across. The city has an active community scene (nomads, spiritual seekers, hikers, creatives), several mountains with hiking spots and waterfalls surrounding the city, over 20 water bodies inside the city -- many have cafes and walks around, several public parks, and over 13 national parks with campgrounds w
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 36° 97° 30° 86°🥵AQI 50✈️3h$973 / mo30Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 57😷✈️33min$964 / mo5MbpsThis city is incredible. Now I understand why Parisians look down on other cities. It is endless. Museums, history, cool bars, incredible food, diversity, beautiful people nicely dressed... It helps a lot to speak French. It's expensive. I'd love to nomad here for a month or two. I really liked Marais as an area.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 55😷✈️11h$5,312 / mo19MbpsMumbai, August 28-September 2, September 7, September 11 2019. Got a friend to pick me up at the airport, so I can't evaluate how well UBER works from the airport. Prepaid taxi from the airport is my usual recommendation, and if I was traveling tomorrow that is what I would do. Inside of Mumbai, UBER was my go-to app and worked well. Autos (aka 'Tuk-tuks' in some places) get around well and are cheap, some are also on Uber. Be aware that unless you use a service like UBER, as a foreigner, th
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°🥵AQI 46✈️1h$1,671 / mo3MbpsBengaluru, January 4-9, and 13-13, 2020. Had a good time in Bengaluru ( formerly Bangalore). At first I stayed at the Parijatha Gateway Hotel, Near Soap Factory Metro, which was ideal for my purposes. Transit & shopping was nearby, and there was a mall and good food. The Metro in BLR is VERY modern and smooth- be prepared to be patted down (women and men separately) to get into the station, and you can but a metrocard at the ticket window. In Bangalore the internet is VERY fast (it is India
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 32✈️23min$1,163 / mo🌇 Also went here27 peopleVery culturally enriching. The architecture, the history, the food, the customs of the people. It's also very cheap. Nightlife is good but it ends up very early. Also, public transportation is chaotic.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 40° 104° 34° 93°🥵AQI 62😷✈️2h$1,196 / mo🌇 Also went here29 peopleChiang Mai has had a deep Buddhist influence running over the last 1,000 years and this can be felt in the helpfulness, patience and generosity of the Thai and long-term transplants you come across. The city has an active community scene (nomads, spiritual seekers, hikers, creatives), several mountains with hiking spots and waterfalls surrounding the city, over 20 water bodies inside the city -- many have cafes and walks around, several public parks, and over 13 national parks with campgrounds w
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 36° 97° 30° 86°🥵AQI 50✈️3h$973 / mo🌇 Also went here28 peopleI spent only one week here, so I can’t give super well-rounded opinion. Unfortunately BKK wasn’t for me, and I figured that out very quickly. I prefer working in cafes on USA stock market hours. I found nearly every decent cafe in Bangkok closed at 6pm or 8pm at the latest. Yes, there are some coworking places, but most don’t allow you to stay after 6pm on a drop-in basis. Traffic was hectic and stressful. Traffic jams on random streets in the middle of the day were common, so doing city t
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 43° 109° 34° 92°🥵AQI 82😷✈️3h$1,344 / mo🌇 Also went here37 peopleVery nice city, but as everyone says, a bit boring after awhile. It's comfortable and feels like the suburbs, with conveniences that you don't always find in SE Asian countries. Luxury shopping malls, excellent hospitals, and infrastructure, are all things that are not as common in other SE Asian countries, (although Bangkok, TH, has good malls and hospitals). KLCC is safe, from a solo female traveler, if you're careful. I stayed in the KLCC area and was advised by other KL nomads, to stay ins
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°AQI 65😷✈️3h$1,251 / mo🌇 Also went here26 peopleStayed here for a month. It reminds me of a less-developed Bangkok. Although there are a lot of high-rise buildings being built at the moment. Very cheap place compared to lots of places in Asia however it's one of the most expensive places in Vietnam. I wouldn't stay here long term, good for a month but was ready to move on. Pros: - Cheap city - Has lots of bars and restaurants - Has some good day trips and activities - Safe - Very cheap Ubers Cons: - Can be extremely hot during the day which
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 36° 97° 29° 83°🥵AQI 7✈️4h$1,079 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleSo… amazing food. Great public transportation. Very clean. But very conformist. Self expression limited. The irony of seeing an exhibit on graffiti, yet no actual graffiti in the streets. And the causal racism especially if you’re brown. You could be British born but still expect to be sat far away from everyone else at cocktail bars, experience comments and have weird assumptions made.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 42✈️4h$4,161 / mo🌇 Also went here34 peopleI liked Dubai. Rents can be decent and offer a lot more compared to Western Countries, spend $1,600 on a Studio for 3 weeks, much better than many developed Western Countries. WiFI speeds are consistent and reliable. Nightlife is amazing but easily the biggest money pit as many places even a bottle of beer goes up to 20 USD. Not a bad place to use as a staging ground to explore the region or take advantage of the well connected airport. Very multi cultural place as well. Just wish the food offer
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 42° 108° 36° 96°🥵AQI 82😷✈️4h$3,474 / mo🌇 Also went here30 peopleHong Kong is a great city with dense urban areas but also nature and hiking routes only 15 minutes away. There are restaurants for every taste and budget, from the best US fast casual chains to high end Michelin star restaurants. It's also extremely safe, despite recent political instability.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 23✈️5h$2,963 / mo🌇 Also went here25 peopleIt is something important to mention that if you rent a villa longer term, say 1-2 years, the maintenance will be at your expense. By that I mean if you have mold, it's on you to fix it, if your kitchen cabinets fall apart, it's on you, if termites damage the structure of your house, it's on you, if it floods and submerges your living room, it's on you. You either fix it and pay yourself or you move and do not get your rent back. The landlords will never ever pay for any renovations, any repair
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°AQI 130😷✈️6h$1,977 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleThis city is incredible. Now I understand why Parisians look down on other cities. It is endless. Museums, history, cool bars, incredible food, diversity, beautiful people nicely dressed... It helps a lot to speak French. It's expensive. I'd love to nomad here for a month or two. I really liked Marais as an area.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 55😷✈️11h$5,312 / mo🌇 Also went here25 peopleHow did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 25✈️11h$5,980 / mo🌇 Also went here28 people7 years ago Lisbon was amazing. Since it became trendy lost what made it unique. I will return when the hype is gone!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 80°AQI 38✈️12h$3,602 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleWelcome to the city of main characters. New Yorkers can be incredibly friendly, we're quick to invite you into our places and plans and most of us enjoy a revolving circle of not-so-close friends and a little core group of people. New York makes it easy to do the best work of your life and have fun all night in between. Everything is a tap away. Nightlife can be fun, but the real underground parties have all progressively moved out to no-mans-land in Ridgewood and Bushwick (semi-convenient only
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 30° 86° 26° 78°🥵AQI 9✈️18h$6,572 / mo🌇 Also went here24 peopleHow did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 22✈️19h$6,119 / mo🌇 Also went here25 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
