⭐️ Total score |
2.36/5 (Rank #517)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $972 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 15Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 29°C85°F (feels 30°C86°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 51%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 81 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$142 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 15 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 29°C 85°F + 😊 Comfy (51%) = feels 30°C 86°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 81 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Ola |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.20 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 120 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Coffee Day |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 810,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 75% 👱♀️ 25% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | IndiGo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air India |
🏥 Best hospital | Narayana Health Guwahati |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $972 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $482 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $859 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $245 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $660 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $776 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $103 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $31 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $25 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $138 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,095 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
70
21° mild |
77
25° warm |
82
28° warm |
86
30° warm |
84
29° warm |
88
31° hot |
88
31° hot |
84
29° warm |
91
33° hot |
86
30° warm |
79
26° warm |
75
24° warm |
Real |
70
21°
mild |
78
26°
warm |
85
30°
very warm |
89
32°
hot |
84
29°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
83
29°
very warm |
89
32°
hot |
85
30°
very warm |
79
26°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
Humidity |
nice 37% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 23% |
too dry 27% |
nice 41% |
nice 46% |
nice 47% |
nice 48% |
nice 44% |
nice 42% |
nice 38% |
nice 37% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 8mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 288mm |
rainy 498mm |
rainy 440mm |
rainy 578mm |
rainy 274mm |
rainy 154mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 4mm |
Cloud |
pockets 23% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 65% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 26% |
Air quality |
bad 216 US AQI |
bad 170 US AQI |
bad 170 US AQI |
bad 170 US AQI |
bad 170 US AQI |
okay 85 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 71 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
bad 113 US AQI |
bad 135 US AQI |
bad 180 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 400 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 300 people |
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