⭐️ Total score | 3.16/5 (Rank #171) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $965 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 14Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 23°C73°F (feels 23°C73°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 39% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 59 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 124 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ 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* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 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 | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 14 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (39%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 59 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 125 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.20 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 120 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | startup-oasis |
☕️ Best coffee place | Tapri Central |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Hotel Chhavi Aathithya |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 5,088,600 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 97,523 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Air BnB |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air India Express |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air India |
🏥 Best hospital | Jaipur Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $965 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $544 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $923 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $264 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $493 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $971 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $117 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $23 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $32 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $126 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,267 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6820° mild | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 8630° warm | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° warm | 8429° warm | 7524° warm | 7021° mild |
Real | 6619° mild | 7826° warm | 8731° hot | 9435° hot | 9636° hot | 9636° hot | 9334° hot | 8932° hot | 8630° very warm | 8731° hot | 7826° warm | 6921° mild |
Humidity | too dry 24% | too dry 18% | too dry 13% | too dry 6% | too dry 17% | too dry 22% | nice 35% | nice 34% | nice 42% | too dry 23% | too dry 18% | too dry 26% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 11mm | dry 1mm | dry 6mm | dry 5mm | dry 43mm | dry 19mm | rainy 154mm | rainy 95mm | rainy 105mm | dry 22mm | dry 4mm | dry 3mm |
Cloud | clear 7% | pockets 11% | pockets 11% | pockets 11% | pockets 30% | pockets 26% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 51% | pockets 47% | pockets 12% | clear 9% | pockets 19% |
Air quality | bad 159 US AQI | bad 151 US AQI | bad 131 US AQI | bad 144 US AQI | bad 148 US AQI | bad 138 US AQI | bad 118 US AQI | bad 111 US AQI | bad 119 US AQI | bad 157 US AQI | bad 167 US AQI | bad 153 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 457 people | 200 people | 429 people | 300 people | 280 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 325 people | 520 people | 567 people | 356 people |
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