Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 176 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚩 Country | Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 3 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 13 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌧 30°C 86°F + 💦 Humid (92%) + 💨 3km/h = Feels like 41°C 106°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Digi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 10 MYR in USD | USD 2.40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: MYR 1,000 | USD 240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ☕️ Best coffee place | San Francisco Coffee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Incubator4U | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 660,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏥 Best hospital | KMC MEDICAL CENTRE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| limestone cavescave templestemplesfood culturearchitectureno-beachairportwarm nowwarmhotclean airgood air qualityfast internetcheap cost of livinghigh humiditymany womenfriendly people | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,492 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $784 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,681 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $480 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $240 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $117 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,317 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $62 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (203 listings) | $1,180 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $39 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $3 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 43° 109° 32° 89°🥵AQI 24✈️36min$1,472 / mo19MbpsI think KL will be the next hub for nomads. It's affordable, safe, convenient, has decent Internet a
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 48° 118° 33° 92°🥵✈️14min$1,290 / mo🌇 Also went here13 peopleIt truly is a garden city - the amount of green space is mindboggling. Everywhere you go it's green
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 27° 81° 25° 77°AQI 25✈️47min$1,640 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peoplei LOVE PP. it has a lot to offer and there are a lot of expats doing things other than drinking and
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 45° 113° 33° 92°🥵AQI 25✈️3h$2,277 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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