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| ⭐️ Total score | 112 reviews |
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Indonesia |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 17 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (78%) = feels 32°C 90°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 12 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 6.47 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 1,000,000 = USD 65 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,800 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,570 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $1,660 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,075 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,158 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,188 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $842 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,217 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $39 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $194 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ 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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| Real | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 87% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 86% |
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| Rain | rainy 452mm | rainy 415mm | rainy 258mm | rainy 130mm | rainy 58mm | rainy 117mm | dry 19mm | dry 43mm | rainy 98mm | rainy 100mm | rainy 425mm | rainy 287mm |
| Cloud | overcast 97% | overcast 91% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 62% | pockets 43% | pockets 49% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 66% | overcast 94% | cloudy 84% |
| Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
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Lombok definitely has the most amazing virgin beaches , waterfall, and marine life! Senggigi is just one of its many long white sand beaches and a lot of them are still waiting to be discovered. Not much of a party going on here, but if you are itching for one, just hope to a speed boat for 15 minutes and you will arrive in the wild gili trawangan. I was only staying for 4 days, then I fell in love . Been here for 6 months and counting.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°AQI 12🚕28min$916 / mo14Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°AQI 12🚕51min$960 / mo17Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 62😷🚕2h$1,383 / mo14MbpsCan’t recommend Ubud. It’s just the same overdeveloped and overpriced mentally isolated tourist trap that is Canggu, just a bit worse. If you have never been anywhere else, it might be okay for 2 weeks, but to any seasoned traveller it’s a the type of place you dread.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°AQI 62😷🚕3h$1,992 / mo36Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 62😷🚕3h$1,048 / mo19Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 62😷🚕3h$901 / mo25MbpsSemiyak was my refuge from the crazy traffic, massive western crowds, mosquito attacks, and inflated prices of Canggu. Seminyak is not 'Balifornia' (Canguu), some will like it for that reason alone. Traffic can get clogged in Seminyak but it's still far better than Canggu. Seminyak is just as commercialized as Canggu, but in a different way. If you're familiar with NY, Canggu has east village or lower east side vibes, while Seminyak is more soho. Of course neither comes close to the actual N
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 62😷🚕4h$1,828 / mo70Mbpsdo not recommend. it's hectic, beach is filthy. full of Aussies getting loose because you're not allowed to do anything that promotes happiness in AusNanny prison complex!!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 62😷🚕4h$1,808 / mo14MbpsLove this area but the cost per month of $600 is wildly wrong. Can hardly find a room alone for under $400.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°AQI 62😷🚕4h$598 / mo22MbpsWe used to live in Canggu back in 2017, it felt back then like the perfect balance between western development and local culture. You used to have enough cafés and restaurants and stays were mainly affordable villas. Coming back in 2023 I have to say this place is unrecognizable. Only now I realize how much damage influencers did to Canggu, telling everyone to come here and invest and overdevelop with little to no regard to the local culture. Also the pandemic played its part, you used to nee
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 62😷🚕4h$1,978 / mo56Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 62😷🚕4h$1,586 / mo18MbpsAmazingly calm and chill place. I loved it here. It still has a lot of peaceful roads to drive around on your motorbike. It feels like you're driving through the jungle a lot. The food quality is great here, a lot of organic options, because the Ubud hippies apparently all moved here in 2020 COVID and it shows. Great nature around. Very calm and silent place overall. High recommendation. Could see myself living here for longer!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 62😷✈️10min$2,119 / mo16MbpsWe used to live in Canggu back in 2017, it felt back then like the perfect balance between western development and local culture. You used to have enough cafés and restaurants and stays were mainly affordable villas. Coming back in 2023 I have to say this place is unrecognizable. Only now I realize how much damage influencers did to Canggu, telling everyone to come here and invest and overdevelop with little to no regard to the local culture. Also the pandemic played its part, you used to nee
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 62😷🚕4h$1,978 / mo56MbpsCan’t recommend Ubud. It’s just the same overdeveloped and overpriced mentally isolated tourist trap that is Canggu, just a bit worse. If you have never been anywhere else, it might be okay for 2 weeks, but to any seasoned traveller it’s a the type of place you dread.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°AQI 62😷🚕3h$1,992 / mo36MbpsSemiyak was my refuge from the crazy traffic, massive western crowds, mosquito attacks, and inflated prices of Canggu. Seminyak is not 'Balifornia' (Canguu), some will like it for that reason alone. Traffic can get clogged in Seminyak but it's still far better than Canggu. Seminyak is just as commercialized as Canggu, but in a different way. If you're familiar with NY, Canggu has east village or lower east side vibes, while Seminyak is more soho. Of course neither comes close to the actual N
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 62😷🚕4h$1,828 / mo70MbpsGreat for tourism, bad for living. The City has a fascinating contrast of old and new. You will never get bored, it’s easy to meet people and have fun. Infrastructure and food are great. Thai people are friendly and welcoming, even when it not always feels genuine. With that said, it’s not a good city for long term living. It’s too hot and humid. Felt air temperature is between 37°C-45°C almost year round during the day. It’s makes all outdoor activity unpleasant. Getting your daily d
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 26° 79° 30° 86°🥵AQI 73😷✈️4h$1,422 / mo82Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°AQI 12🚕51min$960 / mo17Mbpsdo not recommend. it's hectic, beach is filthy. full of Aussies getting loose because you're not allowed to do anything that promotes happiness in AusNanny prison complex!!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 62😷🚕4h$1,808 / mo14MbpsAmazingly calm and chill place. I loved it here. It still has a lot of peaceful roads to drive around on your motorbike. It feels like you're driving through the jungle a lot. The food quality is great here, a lot of organic options, because the Ubud hippies apparently all moved here in 2020 COVID and it shows. Great nature around. Very calm and silent place overall. High recommendation. Could see myself living here for longer!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 62😷✈️10min$2,119 / mo16MbpsLombok definitely has the most amazing virgin beaches , waterfall, and marine life! Senggigi is just one of its many long white sand beaches and a lot of them are still waiting to be discovered. Not much of a party going on here, but if you are itching for one, just hope to a speed boat for 15 minutes and you will arrive in the wild gili trawangan. I was only staying for 4 days, then I fell in love . Been here for 6 months and counting.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°AQI 12🚕28min$916 / mo14MbpsSo… amazing food. Great public transportation. Very clean. But very conformist. Self expression limited. The irony of seeing an exhibit on graffiti, yet no actual graffiti in the streets. And the causal racism especially if you’re brown. You could be British born but still expect to be sat far away from everyone else at cocktail bars, experience comments and have weird assumptions made.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 38✈️2h$4,049 / mo54MbpsStayed here for a month. It reminds me of a less-developed Bangkok. Although there are a lot of high-rise buildings being built at the moment. Very cheap place compared to lots of places in Asia however it's one of the most expensive places in Vietnam. I wouldn't stay here long term, good for a month but was ready to move on. Pros: - Cheap city - Has lots of bars and restaurants - Has some good day trips and activities - Safe - Very cheap Ubers Cons: - Can be extremely hot during the day which
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 4✈️3h$1,060 / mo43MbpsI'm staying in BGC as I write this, and so far PH most aggressively mediocre place I've travelled to in Asia. While I'm used to free/cheap wifi, friendly people, and great food living in place like Thailand, even staying in the most modern area in the country lacks all of those (no free Wifi even at Starbucks, and I've seen "cooked fresh" restaurant food taken out of the freezer before cooking). Social culture is very uncanny valley, people are "polite" but it's extremely fake, which you'll noti
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83°AQI 81😷✈️3h$1,550 / mo28MbpsFilled with rude provincial locals. Hard to fit in here and make friends. Extremely cliquey culture.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 3✈️3h$4,386 / mo23MbpsCan’t recommend Ubud. It’s just the same overdeveloped and overpriced mentally isolated tourist trap that is Canggu, just a bit worse. If you have never been anywhere else, it might be okay for 2 weeks, but to any seasoned traveller it’s a the type of place you dread.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°AQI 62😷🚕3h$1,992 / mo🌇 Also went here87 peopleWe used to live in Canggu back in 2017, it felt back then like the perfect balance between western development and local culture. You used to have enough cafés and restaurants and stays were mainly affordable villas. Coming back in 2023 I have to say this place is unrecognizable. Only now I realize how much damage influencers did to Canggu, telling everyone to come here and invest and overdevelop with little to no regard to the local culture. Also the pandemic played its part, you used to nee
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 62😷🚕4h$1,978 / mo🌇 Also went here76 peopleSo… amazing food. Great public transportation. Very clean. But very conformist. Self expression limited. The irony of seeing an exhibit on graffiti, yet no actual graffiti in the streets. And the causal racism especially if you’re brown. You could be British born but still expect to be sat far away from everyone else at cocktail bars, experience comments and have weird assumptions made.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 38✈️2h$4,049 / mo🌇 Also went here65 peopleVery nice city, but as everyone says, a bit boring after awhile. It's comfortable and feels like the suburbs, with conveniences that you don't always find in SE Asian countries. Luxury shopping malls, excellent hospitals, and infrastructure, are all things that are not as common in other SE Asian countries, (although Bangkok, TH, has good malls and hospitals). KLCC is safe, from a solo female traveler, if you're careful. I stayed in the KLCC area and was advised by other KL nomads, to stay ins
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°🥵AQI 48✈️3h$1,279 / mo🌇 Also went here71 peopleStayed here for a month. It reminds me of a less-developed Bangkok. Although there are a lot of high-rise buildings being built at the moment. Very cheap place compared to lots of places in Asia however it's one of the most expensive places in Vietnam. I wouldn't stay here long term, good for a month but was ready to move on. Pros: - Cheap city - Has lots of bars and restaurants - Has some good day trips and activities - Safe - Very cheap Ubers Cons: - Can be extremely hot during the day which
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 4✈️3h$1,060 / mo🌇 Also went here53 peopleI've been in Phuket for about a month now. Most of that time I've spent in Ka Ron and Kata beach area, but also have been to Chalong, Pa Tong, Rawai, and Kathu. Karon and Kata beaches are my favorite. Beaches are beautiful, especially Karon. Overall most everything is reasonably priced, but not the bargain I was told it is. I eventually found a hotel I like, where I pay 12-13 euro per night (below 500 baht atm) and that is by far the lowest I found for the quality I expect. Considering the loc
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°AQI 28✈️4h$1,872 / mo🌇 Also went here49 peopleGreat for tourism, bad for living. The City has a fascinating contrast of old and new. You will never get bored, it’s easy to meet people and have fun. Infrastructure and food are great. Thai people are friendly and welcoming, even when it not always feels genuine. With that said, it’s not a good city for long term living. It’s too hot and humid. Felt air temperature is between 37°C-45°C almost year round during the day. It’s makes all outdoor activity unpleasant. Getting your daily d
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 26° 79° 30° 86°🥵AQI 73😷✈️4h$1,422 / mo🌇 Also went here88 peopleThe most vietnamese city in Vietnam. The Old Quarter and West Lake are the highlights. If you come, try the egg coffee. Be mindful Vietnam has cracked down on visas, and it is not as friendly to foreigners. I was able to relax after I received a 5-year spousal visa.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 133😷✈️5h$1,127 / mo🌇 Also went here48 peopleChiang Mai has had a deep Buddhist influence running over the last 1,000 years and this can be felt in the helpfulness, patience and generosity of the Thai and long-term transplants you come across. The city has an active community scene (nomads, spiritual seekers, hikers, creatives), several mountains with hiking spots and waterfalls surrounding the city, over 20 water bodies inside the city -- many have cafes and walks around, several public parks, and over 13 national parks with campgrounds w
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 61😷✈️5h$1,028 / mo🌇 Also went here74 peopleLived in Prague for 8 years. It's a beautiful international European city. Never learned Czech, but was fine. Almost all cafes and restaurants have English menus. Superb food delivery apps (Wolt is the best). All the food you can imagine. Vietnamese food is world-class because of the huge Vietnamese population. If you want hipster bars and cafes, there's plenty of that. If you want old-world-charm there's plenty of that. If you want posh luxury there's some of Europes best restaurants and cockta
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels -11° 12° -6° 20°AQI 53😷✈️15h$3,191 / mo🌇 Also went here46 peopleI've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels -5° 23° -2° 29°AQI 74😷✈️15h$3,909 / mo🌇 Also went here52 peopleI recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels -1° 30° 2° 35°AQI 58😷✈️16h$5,610 / mo🌇 Also went here52 peopleI find it difficult to understand what people see in this city. The cost to benefit ratio is just so terribly bad! This is by far the most expensive city in Europe (especially in terms of rent), with hardly anything to offer in comparision with other cities like Barcelona, Lisbon or Warsaw. The weather is just average, with cold and windy winters and mediocre summers. It's difficult to come by restaurants that offer anything other than Indian fast food for a decent price - most places are just u
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 3° 37° 5° 42°AQI 34✈️17h$6,033 / mo🌇 Also went here64 peopleI don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 10° 50° 11° 53°AQI 21✈️17h$3,768 / mo🌇 Also went here63 peopleOnce you figure out housing (not an easy thing but doable, especially once you stop looking in the touristic areas), Lisbon is a very charming, safe (even though I'll admit this is getting worse in certain areas), and fun city to live in. In most neighbourhoods you have the feeling of living in a small town instead of an urban area. There's aways something to do or see so it's hard to be bored living here. I still find Lisbon (and Portugal in general), to be one of the most attractive places in
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 3✈️18h$3,301 / mo🌇 Also went here53 people
