⭐️ Total score | 2.08/5 (Rank #1071) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,437 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 9Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 33°C91°F (feels 36°C97°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 47% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy : 181 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😐 Moderate: 99 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
⚡️ Power grid | Very bad |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Okay |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $113 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 😤 Very dense: 46k ppl/km² (1 per 5x5m) |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Bangladesh |
🗓️ Average trip length | 18 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 33°C 91°F + 😊 Comfy (47%) = feels 36°C 97°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 181 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 99 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Uber |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 1,000 BDT in USD | USD 9.11 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BDT 10,000 = USD 91 |
💻 Best coworking space | The Wave |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 125,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 2,396 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 14,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,355 / year |
😤 Population density | 😤 very crowded: 5x5m (25m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 62% 👱♀️ 38% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,437 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $561 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,001 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $286 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,522 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,004 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $113 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $71 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $33 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $203 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,530 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ 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 | 7222° mild | 7926° warm | 8630° warm | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 8630° warm | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8127° warm | 7524° warm |
Real | 7222° mild | 8027° warm | 8932° hot | 9334° hot | 9133° hot | 8731° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8228° very warm | 7424° warm |
Humidity | nice 31% | too dry 27% | too dry 28% | too dry 29% | nice 34% | nice 42% | nice 42% | nice 43% | nice 40% | nice 37% | nice 31% | nice 32% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 2mm | dry 0mm | dry 26mm | dry 21mm | rainy 281mm | rainy 413mm | rainy 341mm | rainy 274mm | rainy 237mm | rainy 150mm | dry 2mm | dry 6mm |
Cloud | pockets 15% | clear 10% | pockets 16% | pockets 23% | pockets 43% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 53% | pockets 36% | pockets 20% | pockets 21% |
Air quality | bad 242 US AQI | bad 218 US AQI | bad 175 US AQI | bad 141 US AQI | bad 122 US AQI | okay 95 US AQI | okay 86 US AQI | okay 84 US AQI | okay 99 US AQI | bad 127 US AQI | bad 179 US AQI | bad 206 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 350 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people |
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