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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 183 reviews |
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👍 Quality of life | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBT friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Asia | |
| 🚩 Country | Indonesia | |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 2 days | |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps | |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌦 33°C 91°F + 💦 Humid (83%) + 💨 5km/h = Feels like 47°C 117°F | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 155 US AQI equal to 🚬 🚬 / day | |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |
| 🚕 Best taxi app | ||
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | ||
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | XL | |
| 💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 7.29 | |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: IDR 1,000,000 | USD 73 | |
| 💸 Tipping | No | |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Society Complex | |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |
| ♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return | |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,800,000 people | |
| 😤 People density | 🤨 busy: 7,300 ppl/km² 12x12m (144m²) space per person | |
| 👫 Gender ratio | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% | |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous | |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Bhinekka | |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb | |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion Air | |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia | |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Slioam Hospital | |
😷 Air quality in Surabaya is very bad (155 US AQI) today: avoid exercising outdoors, close windows and try to stay inside, more info | ||
| volcanono-beachbeachairportwarm nowwarmhotdirty airbad air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livinglow crimehigh humiditymany womenfriendly people | ||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $892 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $708 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,698 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $485 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $474 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $146 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $424 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $20 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (296 listings) | $975 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $32 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $1 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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✅ Very safe
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very humid now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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