⭐️ Total score | 3.64/5 (Rank #150) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $948 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 12Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 30°C85°F (feels 38°C100°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 82% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 55 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 143 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $142 / mo |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍75% liked it 👎25% disliked it |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
😤 People density | 🤨 Busy: 11k ppl/km² (10x10m) |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 30°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (82%) = feels 38°C 100°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 55 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 143.5 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Airtel |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.26 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 126 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍17% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 10,257,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 196,575 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 17,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 10x10m (100m²) per person |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 60% 👱♀️ 40% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Quick |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | IndiGo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $948 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $641 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,043 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $298 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $214 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $88 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $478 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $22 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 1,001 listings) | $1,220 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $40 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6820° mild | 7725° warm | 8630° warm | 9032° hot | 10440° hot | 11345° scorching | 10943° scorching | 11144° scorching | 10641° scorching | 9133° hot | 7926° warm | 7021° mild |
Real | 6619° mild | 7725° warm | 8831° hot | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 10038° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 7826° warm | 7021° mild |
Humidity | nice 57% | nice 43% | too dry 28% | too dry 15% | nice 40% | nice 44% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 80% | nice 46% | nice 40% | nice 47% |
Rain | dry 28mm | dry 6mm | dry 8mm | dry 7mm | rainy 107mm | dry 30mm | rainy 305mm | rainy 129mm | rainy 241mm | dry 45mm | dry 0mm | dry 4mm |
Cloud | pockets 21% | pockets 10% | clear 8% | pockets 16% | pockets 31% | pockets 32% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 66% | clear 9% | pockets 11% | pockets 32% |
Air quality | bad 272 US AQI | bad 221 US AQI | bad 173 US AQI | bad 171 US AQI | bad 173 US AQI | bad 155 US AQI | bad 127 US AQI | bad 116 US AQI | bad 132 US AQI | bad 206 US AQI | bad 293 US AQI | bad 334 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 700 people | 400 people | 640 people | 560 people | 467 people | 311 people | 422 people | 400 people | 420 people | 511 people | 740 people | 540 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 88°🥵AQI 67✈️5h$1,310 / mo🌇 Also went here99 people×Like everywhere, Singapore has pros and cons. // Pros: // Everything works very well, it's clean, you can use the trains and transport system with a bank card, Grab taxis are efficient and safe, the airport is amazing // Everyone speaks English // Population seems well educated and cosmopolitan // There are lots of parks and green spaces. // Cons: // It's very expensive. For what you get it feels overpriced compared to most Western countries for example. // It's hot and very, very humid. Unti
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 37° 99° 31° 89°🥵AQI 37✈️9h$3,647 / mo🌇 Also went here83 people×I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 37° 99° 31° 88°🥵AQI 24✈️16h$5,303 / mo🌇 Also went here98 people×How 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).
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