⭐️ Total score | 2.93/5 (Rank #268) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,667 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 10Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 23°C73°F (feels 23°C73°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 46% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy : 162 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy : 163 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ 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* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* | 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 | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
⏱ Average trip length | 26 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (46%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 162 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 163 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.21 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 121 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | 91 Springboard |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Guargaon IT Hub |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Coffee Day |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 170,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
🏞 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 | Max Hospital Gurgaon |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,667 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,733 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $5,291 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,512 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $637 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,175 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,555 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $39 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $155 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ 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 | 6820° mild | 7725° warm | 8630° warm | 9032° hot | 10440° hot | 11345° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10641° scorching | 9133° hot | 7926° warm | 7021° mild |
Real | 6619° mild | 7725° warm | 8831° hot | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 10038° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 7926° warm | 7021° mild |
Humidity | nice 58% | nice 44% | too dry 29% | too dry 16% | nice 40% | nice 43% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 80% | nice 48% | nice 40% | nice 47% |
Rain | dry 32mm | dry 5mm | dry 9mm | dry 8mm | rainy 93mm | dry 32mm | rainy 320mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 267mm | dry 40mm | dry 0mm | dry 6mm |
Cloud | pockets 21% | pockets 10% | pockets 11% | pockets 15% | pockets 34% | pockets 31% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 69% | clear 8% | pockets 12% | pockets 33% |
Air quality | bad 202 US AQI | bad 180 US AQI | bad 160 US AQI | bad 182 US AQI | bad 193 US AQI | bad 180 US AQI | bad 166 US AQI | bad 118 US AQI | bad 160 US AQI | bad 177 US AQI | bad 221 US AQI | bad 186 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 350 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 300 people | 200 people | 400 people |
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