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| ⭐️ Total score | 211 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | India |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 15 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 27°C 81°F + 🥵 Sweaty (92%) = feels 32°C 90°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 7 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 151 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Airtel |
| 💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.28 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 128 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Coffee Day |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | 99Acres |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Indigo |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Jet Airways |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $966 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $557 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $924 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $264 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $77 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $51 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $617 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $29 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 23 listings) | $1,114 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $37 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 10440° hot | 10641° scorching | 10239° hot | 9736° hot | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9937° hot |
| Real | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 80% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 93% | sweaty 92% | sweaty 91% | sweaty 92% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 78% |
| Rain | rainy 129mm | dry 16mm | rainy 92mm | rainy 169mm | rainy 674mm | rainy 496mm | rainy 748mm | rainy 417mm | rainy 344mm | rainy 585mm | rainy 374mm | dry 37mm |
| Cloud | pockets 48% | pockets 26% | pockets 38% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 87% | overcast 94% | overcast 98% | overcast 95% | overcast 93% | overcast 95% | overcast 95% | pockets 46% |
| Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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