⭐️ Total score |
2.49/5 (Rank #256)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $776 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 16Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 28°C82°F (feels 32°C90°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 81%
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👌 Safety |
Great
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🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$298 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 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 |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Indonesia |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 16 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (81%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | GoJEK |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 6.30 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 1,000,000 = USD 63 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,570 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 75% 👱♀️ 25% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Tokopedia |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Garuda |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $776 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $611 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,858 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $531 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $251 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $494 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $409 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $12 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $16 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $130 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,723 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $14 / 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 make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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84
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82
28° warm |
86
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86
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84
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82
28° warm |
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82
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84
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84
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86
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86
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84
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82
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Humidity |
nice 45% |
nice 43% |
nice 43% |
nice 41% |
nice 40% |
nice 40% |
nice 39% |
nice 37% |
nice 38% |
nice 39% |
nice 42% |
nice 44% |
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Rain |
rainy 441mm |
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rainy 434mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 62% |
Sun |
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