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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 223 reviews |
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| 👶 Family friendly | |
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| ✌️ Peace | |
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| 😄 Happiness | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBT friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Malaysia |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 22 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌧 32°C 90°F + 💦 Humid (89%) + 💨 4km/h = feels like 48°C 118°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 78 US AQI equal to 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Hotlink |
| 💸 10 MYR in USD | USD 2.29 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MYR 1,000 USD 229 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Hacker Space |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Espresso Garage |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | THE FACTORY 30 |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 5,571,400 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 106,776 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 420,000 people |
| 👫 Gender ratio | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Air BnB |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Malaysia |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Penawar Hospital |
| no-beachairportwarm nowwarmhotfast internetcheap cost of livinghigh humiditymany womenfriendly people |
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $900 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $738 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,395 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $399 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $344 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $80 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $362 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $17 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (473 listings) | $1,316 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $43 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $2 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 10° 50° 11° 53°AQI 24✈️20h$5,104 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels like | 10641° scorching | 11546° scorching | 11345° scorching | 11747° scorching | 11144° scorching | 10842° scorching | 11144° scorching | 10943° scorching | 11144° scorching | 11144° scorching | 11546° scorching | 10842° scorching |
| Real temperature | 8831° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot |
| Humidity | sweaty 80% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 84% |
| Rain | rainy 77mm | rainy 73mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 111mm | rainy 118mm | rainy 164mm | rainy 77mm | not rainy 40mm | rainy 66mm | rainy 167mm | rainy 179mm | rainy 176mm |
| Cloud cover | cloudy 89% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 83% |
| Air quality | clean 42 AQI | clean 48 AQI | clean 55 AQI | clean 55 AQI | clean 52 AQI | clean 48 AQI | clean 53 AQI | clean 59 AQI | clean 69 AQI | clean 60 AQI | clean 49 AQI | clean 40 AQI |
| UV Index | sunscreen 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI |
| Nomad List members there | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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