⭐️ Total score | 2.91/5 (Rank #304) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,126 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 8Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 25°C77°F (feels 25°C77°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 37% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy : 161 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😐 Moderate: 84 US AQI |
👌 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* | Bad |
😤 People density | 🤨 Busy: 11k ppl/km² (9x9m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 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 | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 25°C 77°F + 😊 Comfy (37%) = feels 25°C 77°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 161 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 84.5 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.22 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 122 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 2,550,400 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 48,878 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 4,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 9x9m (81m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 92% 👱♀️ 8% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Magicbricks |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | IndiGo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,126 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $929 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,622 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $749 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $503 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $799 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $769 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $24 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $26 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $234 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7725° warm | 8228° warm | 10440° hot | 11848° scorching | 12049° scorching | 12049° scorching | 11546° scorching | 11546° scorching | 10842° scorching | 10239° hot | 8630° warm | 7524° warm |
Real | 7725° warm | 8228° very warm | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 9334° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7524° warm |
Humidity | nice 58% | nice 48% | nice 55% | nice 66% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 93% | sweaty 95% | sweaty 96% | sweaty 96% | sweaty 86% | nice 65% | nice 65% |
Rain | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 7mm | dry 32mm | rainy 247mm | rainy 302mm | rainy 391mm | rainy 303mm | rainy 441mm | rainy 182mm | dry 8mm | rainy 84mm |
Cloud | pockets 18% | clear 8% | pockets 14% | pockets 32% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 88% | overcast 94% | overcast 94% | overcast 92% | cloudy 59% | pockets 37% | pockets 33% |
Air quality | bad 234 US AQI | bad 187 US AQI | bad 153 US AQI | bad 111 US AQI | bad 105 US AQI | okay 90 US AQI | okay 79 US AQI | okay 78 US AQI | okay 80 US AQI | bad 132 US AQI | bad 209 US AQI | bad 218 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 343 people | 233 people | 200 people | 267 people | 267 people | 233 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 320 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌨 Feels 1° 34° 3° 38°AQI 43✈️17h$6,457 / mo🌇 Also went here21 people×I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
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