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| ⭐️ Total score | 6 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (83%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 93 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 LKR in USD | USD 2.71 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LKR 100,000 = USD 271 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Bites |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 810,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,910 / year |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $885 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $768 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,544 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $441 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $303 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,166 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $368 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $14 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $38 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $64 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $0 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Humidity |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 86% |
| Rain |
rainy 287mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 94mm |
rainy 119mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 65mm |
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rainy 96mm |
rainy 150mm |
rainy 274mm |
rainy 155mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 67% |
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cloudy 82% |
overcast 93% |
overcast 93% |
cloudy 89% |
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cloudy 63% |
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Please don’t come. Rent has doubled in price in a matter of 5yrs. Myself and other locals are being pushed out of the city and forced to move to places that are +1h commute from work. People are struggling and suffering. And yet it is all ok because rich foreigners want to “spice up” their life… I repeat, do not come, and if you do have to come, please try to do damage control
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