⭐️ Total score | 3.48/5 (Rank #19) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍86% liked it 👎14% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,215 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 2Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 22°C72°F (feels 22°C72°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 42% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 107 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😐 Moderate: 86 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
⚡️ Power grid | Bad |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Bad |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $60 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Nepal |
⏱ Average trip length | 11 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 22°C 72°F + 😊 Comfy (42%) = feels 22°C 72°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 107 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 86 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 1,000 NPR in USD | USD 7.57 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NPR 10,000 = USD 76 |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $722 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
🏠 Apartment listings | Hamrobazaar |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet Airways |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Etihad Airways |
🏥 Best hospital | CIWEC |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,215 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,099 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,257 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $931 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $509 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $701 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $928 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $24 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $23 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $186 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Nomad List members liked going here
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 7222° mild | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 6820° mild | 6317° cool |
Real | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 7222° mild | 7625° warm | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 6820° mild | 6317° cool |
Humidity | nice 55% | nice 56% | nice 39% | nice 33% | nice 75% | nice 91% | nice 95% | nice 98% | nice 94% | nice 85% | nice 71% | nice 59% |
Rain | dry 4mm | dry 20mm | dry 29mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 288mm | rainy 486mm | rainy 551mm | rainy 685mm | rainy 423mm | rainy 167mm | dry 18mm | dry 31mm |
Cloud | pockets 30% | pockets 27% | pockets 26% | pockets 24% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 86% | overcast 92% | overcast 93% | cloudy 78% | pockets 47% | pockets 39% | pockets 33% |
Air quality | bad 155 US AQI | bad 145 US AQI | bad 107 US AQI | bad 138 US AQI | bad 121 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 9 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 86 US AQI | bad 137 US AQI | bad 158 US AQI | bad 153 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 275 people | 450 people | 473 people | 509 people | 400 people | 325 people | 300 people | 300 people | 486 people | 675 people | 429 people | 378 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 33° 91°🥵AQI 181😷✈️2h$1,365 / mo28Mbps×I stayed in Pokhara for a few months and it is a friendly place with a good music scene. there are plenty of amazing trekking opportunities around in the Himalayas. the people are very friendly and it's easy to make friends. Lots of travelers here are smoking weed, it seems to be pretty legal here. internet speeds are good (probably 15 up and down on average but I stayed in one place that was hitting 30) but power cuts are frequent in the summer (monsoon) months. Many hotels, guest houses, airbn
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 89😷✈️11min$1,042 / mo🌇 Also went here71 people×I really liked Chiang Mai but I can't put my finger on why. I'll try to remain unbiased so here goes. Chiang Mai is a dirty place with horrible pollution levels. English speaking is okay. I did really enjoy a balance of simple, risk-free living at low cost and acceptable quality of living. Many places only accept cash but plenty accept card. There's lots to do and it's fun exploring on a moped/motorbike. It feels as easy as Canggu with more modern appointments to get by as a westerner a bit easi
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 11° 52° 12° 54°AQI 25✈️7h$5,069 / mo🌇 Also went here65 people×Honestly, this is an awesome place to be if you're actually trying to get work done. It's a bit of an older vibe than Canggu, and there's certainly a big chunk of yogi's kicking around — but I liked it much better than Canggu and found it less pretentious. Plus, you can drive down there in 45mins whenever you want some beach or party vibes. As others mentioned, there's some great coworking spaces, cheap warungs, some really nice spots to stay cheaply if you go just outside of the mad tourist
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 36° 97° 29° 84°🥵AQI 57✈️7h$2,151 / mo🌇 Also went here64 people×Taxis in Istanbul are a big problem even for locals. Public transport is convenient and comfortable. If you need to call a taxi, I recommend using an app. "Bitaksi" can be used. Agree with the taxi driver using google translate and negotiate in advance if necessary. Always make public transportation your first choice. There are millions of refugees in this city against a registered population of 15 million. A significant number of asylum seekers do not have any registered documents and this cre
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 10° 50° 11° 52°AQI 51✈️10h$5,829 / mo🌇 Also went here64 people×How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 7° 45° 8° 46°AQI 50✈️10h$6,315 / mo🌇 Also went here80 people×Nomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 30✈️10h$5,270 / mo🌇 Also went here63 people×Lisbon is not a fairytale of fine words, try the bureaucratic reality later tell me something, always remember the natives just want your money if you don't have it they are not there for you
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 6° 43° 7° 45°AQI 35✈️16h$6,292 / mo🌇 Also went here65 people×