⭐️ Total score | 2.33/5 (Rank #588) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,139 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 15Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 31°C88°F (feels 39°C102°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 75% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 60 US AQI |
👌 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 |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 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 | India |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 15 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 31°C 88°F + 🥵 Sweaty (75%) = feels 39°C 102°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 60 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 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 | Caffe Bene |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 40,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Garuda |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,139 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $782 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,713 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $489 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $827 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,309 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $383 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $39 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $43 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $105 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ 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+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 9535° hot | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 10440° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9334° hot | 9133° hot | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 9133° hot | 9736° hot |
Real | 8530° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8530° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8329° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8329° very warm | 8329° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm |
Humidity | sweaty 74% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 76% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 9mm | dry 19mm | rainy 54mm | rainy 128mm | rainy 221mm | rainy 267mm | rainy 263mm | rainy 213mm | rainy 199mm | rainy 234mm | rainy 178mm | rainy 67mm |
Cloud | pockets 39% | pockets 25% | pockets 31% | pockets 42% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 60% | pockets 30% |
Air quality | bad 146 US AQI | bad 118 US AQI | bad 100 US AQI | okay 80 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | okay 95 US AQI | bad 115 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | safe 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 280 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 240 people |
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