⭐️ Total score | 3.36/5 (Rank #252) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $996 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 30Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 30°C87°F (feels 36°C97°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 75% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 Moderate: 81 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $142 / mo |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍60% liked it 👎40% disliked it |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Great |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
⏱ Average trip length | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 30 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 30°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (75%) = feels 36°C 97°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 81 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Airtel |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.29 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 129 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Dylan's Toasted & Roasted Coffee House |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Cafe Goa |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Hotel La Calypso |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,800,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Goa Holiday Homes |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air India |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | AirAsia |
🏥 Best hospital | Vintage Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $996 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $620 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $708 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $202 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $132 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $115 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $570 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $27 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 18 listings) | $1,523 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $50 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomad List members didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 9736° hot | 9937° hot | 10842° scorching | 10842° scorching | 10038° hot | 9334° hot | 8831° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 10440° hot | 9937° hot | 9032° hot |
Real | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8630° very warm | 8530° very warm | 8429° very warm |
Humidity | nice 61% | nice 56% | nice 69% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 95% | nice 97% | sweaty 96% | sweaty 97% | sweaty 90% | sweaty 85% | nice 67% |
Rain | dry 31mm | dry 7mm | dry 14mm | dry 30mm | rainy 250mm | rainy 816mm | rainy 1143mm | rainy 372mm | rainy 510mm | rainy 184mm | rainy 207mm | dry 11mm |
Cloud | pockets 34% | pockets 19% | pockets 22% | pockets 43% | cloudy 78% | overcast 95% | overcast 99% | overcast 95% | overcast 95% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 87% | pockets 18% |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 311 people | 467 people | 367 people | 200 people | 400 people | 280 people | 350 people | 200 people | 300 people | 233 people | 600 people | 567 people |
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