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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 225 reviews |
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| 👶 Family friendly | |
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| 😄 Happiness | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBT friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Sri Lanka |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌥 33°C 91°F + 💦 Humid (80%) + 💨 7km/h = feels like 46°C 115°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 45 US AQI equal to 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 155 US AQI equal to 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | AirTel |
| 💸 1,000 LKR in USD | USD 5.17 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LKR 100,000 USD 517 |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coco Veranda |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 13% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,130,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 21,656 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 650,000 people |
| 👫 Gender ratio | 👨 57% 👱♀️ 43% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Durdans |
| beachhistoryharborgolfislandairportwarm nowwarmhotclean airgood air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livinglow crimehigh humiditymany menfriendly peopleadult nightlife |
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $907 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $667 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,132 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $323 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $310 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $53 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $695 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $33 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (981 listings) | $1,376 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $45 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $1 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $0 |
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 51✈️13h$2,133 / mo🌇 Also went here45 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels like | 10239° hot | 10842° scorching | 10943° scorching | 11345° scorching | 11144° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10641° scorching | 9535° hot | 10038° hot | 10038° hot | 10641° scorching | 10641° scorching |
| Real temperature | 8831° hot | 8932° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot |
| Humidity | sweaty 75% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 82% |
| Rain | not rainy 32mm | rainy 91mm | not rainy 48mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 66mm | rainy 218mm | rainy 66mm | rainy 128mm | rainy 173mm | rainy 186mm | rainy 278mm | rainy 218mm |
| Cloud cover | cloudy 58% | cloudy 61% | pockets 49% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 66% | overcast 94% | overcast 94% | overcast 96% | cloudy 85% | overcast 95% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 80% |
| Air quality | bad 120 AQI | bad 106 AQI | bad 97 AQI | clean 70 AQI | clean 63 AQI | clean 55 AQI | clean 63 AQI | clean 55 AQI | clean 64 AQI | clean 72 AQI | bad 95 AQI | bad 96 AQI |
| UV Index | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI |
| Nomad List members there | 2 people | 3 people | 2 people | 3 people | 2 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many nomads have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very humid now
❌ Bad air quality usually
❌ Not many nomads right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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