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| ⭐️ Total score | 127 reviews |
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| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (78%) = feels 37°C 99°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 80 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 33.75 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100,000 LAK in USD | USD 5.85 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LAK 10,000,000 = USD 585 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Toh Lao |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 210,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,339 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | ImmoLaos |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Vietnam |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,014 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $839 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,742 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $498 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $388 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,239 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $442 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $18 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $94 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $0 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomad List members didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
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| Humidity |
nice 60% |
nice 58% |
nice 54% |
nice 65% |
nice 68% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 79% |
nice 68% |
nice 63% |
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 53mm |
rainy 201mm |
rainy 202mm |
rainy 304mm |
rainy 342mm |
rainy 342mm |
rainy 442mm |
rainy 176mm |
dry 20mm |
dry 2mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 17% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 36% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 78% |
overcast 94% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 29% |
| Air quality |
bad 110 US AQI |
clean 34* US AQI |
clean 34* US AQI |
clean 34* US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
| Sun |
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Lived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
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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.
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