⭐️ Total score | 3.27/5 (Rank #322) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍100% liked it 👎0% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,027 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 7Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Way too hot: 43°C109°F (feels 56°C133°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 39% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 104 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy : 156 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Okay |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
⚡️ Power grid | Very bad |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $122 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 🤨 Busy: 13k ppl/km² (1 per 9x9m) |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* | Okay |
🧳 Lost luggage* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Pakistan |
🗓️ Average trip length | 30 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 43°C 109°F + 😊 Comfy (39%) = feels 56°C 133°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 104 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 156 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Careem |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 1,000 PKR in USD | USD 3.59 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PKR 100,000 = USD 359 |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | OfficeSpace |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Plan9-TechHub |
☕️ Best coffee place | ARCADIAN CAFÉ |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | CAFÉ ACACIA |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 11,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,462 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 9x9m (81m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | OLX |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Pakistan International Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Flynas |
🏥 Best hospital | Hameed Latif Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,027 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $510 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $709 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $203 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $922 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,308 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $374 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $43 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $43 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $117 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,171 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6116° cool | 7021° mild | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 9133° hot | 9736° hot | 9334° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot | 8630° warm | 7524° warm | 6418° cool |
Real | 6016° cool | 7021° mild | 7926° warm | 8630° very warm | 9535° hot | 9937° hot | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 9133° hot | 8932° hot | 7524° warm | 6418° cool |
Humidity | nice 31% | too dry 26% | too dry 20% | too dry 14% | too dry 20% | too dry 20% | nice 32% | nice 31% | nice 35% | too dry 25% | too dry 21% | too dry 24% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 28mm | dry 5mm | dry 37mm | dry 29mm | dry 21mm | dry 38mm | rainy 168mm | rainy 90mm | rainy 63mm | dry 7mm | dry 7mm | dry 1mm |
Cloud | pockets 17% | pockets 16% | pockets 14% | pockets 29% | pockets 27% | pockets 20% | pockets 39% | pockets 26% | pockets 21% | clear 9% | clear 6% | pockets 17% |
Air quality | bad 211 US AQI | bad 248 US AQI | bad 248 US AQI | bad 248 US AQI | bad 177 US AQI | bad 160 US AQI | bad 136 US AQI | bad 123 US AQI | bad 153 US AQI | bad 193 US AQI | bad 242 US AQI | bad 295 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 350 people | 200 people | 200 people | 467 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 233 people | 257 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 47° 117° 35° 95°🥵AQI 122😷✈️3h$3,517 / mo39Mbps×It's a great city to live in, I am a resident here and you have so many options as a nomad. I am working remotely as a Software Engineer and I am free to go anywhere.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 45° 113° 37° 99°🥵✈️22min$1,419 / mo7Mbps×(It seems my paragraph formatting is being removed due to the length of my comment, so sorry you'll have to deal with the wall of text if you want to read this, haha) Have been in Bangkok for the past 6 months. I've been nomadic for the past 4 years across Europe & the US, and as someone who is used to walking everywhere and greenery, I found it quite difficult living here. I spent my first 5 months living in Airbnbs, which were fine for around $6-800/m, and for the last month decided to live in
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°🥵AQI 60😷✈️4h$1,353 / mo91Mbps×Chiang Mai has had a deep Buddhist influence running over the last 1,000 years and this can be felt in the helpfulness, patience and generosity of the Thai and long-term transplants you come across. The city has an active community scene (nomads, spiritual seekers, hikers, creatives), several mountains with hiking spots and waterfalls surrounding the city, over 20 water bodies inside the city -- many have cafes and walks around, several public parks, and over 13 national parks with campgrounds w
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81°🥵AQI 27✈️4h$991 / mo88Mbps×I don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 25✈️8h$5,699 / mo29Mbps×Doha's skyline is undeniably impressive, a collection of gleaming skyscrapers that showcase the city's modern side. However, as a female traveler, I encountered situations that made me feel unsafe. The nature of unwanted attention I received was unsettling, and differed from my experiences in Dubai. This feeling of unease was further amplified by witnessing several public arguments escalate quickly, even over seemingly trivial matters. One particularly disturbing incident involved two men who w
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 46° 115° 43° 109°🥵✈️3h$4,668 / mo13Mbps×Sri Lanka is not ready for tourism. Besides scams and "cartel prices" for tuktuks and other services, it is unsafe for women. Men catcalling, touching, and groping are the norm. Moreover, it is not cheap at all compared to other countries in South/Southeast Asia. Especially when landlords tend to increase rental prices once they learn you're a good tenant. Locals may appear friendly, but the reality often differs. As a patriarchal society, instances of domestic violence against girlfriends and w
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 17✈️4h$1,332 / mo12Mbps×Hello i am agreed with previous comment . I was very passionate about Portugal pend here two and half years even more just living living here , not travel abroad . So my opinion its very beautiful country people are also very nice . Ideally if you working abroad . British and French expats are here . Nepal people hard workers and afro colonies people who came from Mozambique . Its totally fine no racism and totally solidarity . But , if you searching housing , and move in city of course , it wi
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 27✈️8h$5,660 / mo122Mbps×It's a great city to live in, I am a resident here and you have so many options as a nomad. I am working remotely as a Software Engineer and I am free to go anywhere.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 45° 113° 37° 99°🥵✈️22min$1,419 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×I liked Dubai a lot! It's definitely an indoor lifestyle especially in the summer when it's 45'C outside. But that's very similar to Bangkok which is also an indoor lifestyle in my opinion. Generally airconditioning everywhere is great, except in the older pre-2010 buildings/malls. It's super modern, super international. You'll be in having lunch in a cafe and next to you is a table of Africans, the next table is Asians, the next table is white (often Russians). You don't actually see Europea
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 47° 117° 35° 95°🥵AQI 122😷✈️3h$3,517 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people×Doha's skyline is undeniably impressive, a collection of gleaming skyscrapers that showcase the city's modern side. However, as a female traveler, I encountered situations that made me feel unsafe. The nature of unwanted attention I received was unsettling, and differed from my experiences in Dubai. This feeling of unease was further amplified by witnessing several public arguments escalate quickly, even over seemingly trivial matters. One particularly disturbing incident involved two men who w
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 46° 115° 43° 109°🥵✈️3h$4,668 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×Sri Lanka is not ready for tourism. Besides scams and "cartel prices" for tuktuks and other services, it is unsafe for women. Men catcalling, touching, and groping are the norm. Moreover, it is not cheap at all compared to other countries in South/Southeast Asia. Especially when landlords tend to increase rental prices once they learn you're a good tenant. Locals may appear friendly, but the reality often differs. As a patriarchal society, instances of domestic violence against girlfriends and w
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 17✈️4h$1,332 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×Chiang Mai has had a deep Buddhist influence running over the last 1,000 years and this can be felt in the helpfulness, patience and generosity of the Thai and long-term transplants you come across. The city has an active community scene (nomads, spiritual seekers, hikers, creatives), several mountains with hiking spots and waterfalls surrounding the city, over 20 water bodies inside the city -- many have cafes and walks around, several public parks, and over 13 national parks with campgrounds w
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81°🥵AQI 27✈️4h$991 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×(It seems my paragraph formatting is being removed due to the length of my comment, so sorry you'll have to deal with the wall of text if you want to read this, haha) Have been in Bangkok for the past 6 months. I've been nomadic for the past 4 years across Europe & the US, and as someone who is used to walking everywhere and greenery, I found it quite difficult living here. I spent my first 5 months living in Airbnbs, which were fine for around $6-800/m, and for the last month decided to live in
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°🥵AQI 60😷✈️4h$1,353 / mo🌇 Also went here14 people×Hong Kong is a great city with dense urban areas but also nature and hiking routes only 15 minutes away. There are restaurants for every taste and budget, from the best US fast casual chains to high end Michelin star restaurants. It's also extremely safe, despite recent political instability.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 36° 97° 29° 84°🥵✈️5h$2,925 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people×The city is overrated. I feel like I have to be on guard most of the time. People are always trying to scam you, from taxi drivers to waitresses. It's fine for a three-day vacation which is more than enough but staying long-term is very subjective... Airbnbs are overpriced for what you get. Turkish hospitality is a joke. They’re really good at conning tourists here. I stayed for a month, but I should've just passed through. A layover at the airport would've been plenty.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 43✈️6h$1,856 / mo🌇 Also went here8 people×I try to like this city and been many times (twice for 1 month and few times for few days) but it's been pretty rough. Overall malaysia is not that easy for slow nomads (if you want to stay for 1-3 months) and I still preferred penang much more. This might be good place for family to settle or if you having base for most of the year with many friends around. LOGISTICS You will waste a lot of time to move around: - if you hate malls you won't be able to avoid it - crossing some street sometimes
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 35° 95° 30° 86°🥵AQI 65😷✈️6h$1,267 / mo🌇 Also went here10 people×So… amazing food. Great public transportation. Very clean. But very conformist. Self expression limited. The irony of seeing an exhibit on graffiti, yet no actual graffiti in the streets. And the causal racism especially if you’re brown. You could be British born but still expect to be sat far away from everyone else at cocktail bars, experience comments and have weird assumptions made.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety greatTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 85°✈️6h$6,057 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 55😷✈️8h$5,433 / mo🌇 Also went here8 people×Canggu has changed quite a lot. Inmigration treats tourist like shit. Congestion and traffic is a nightmare. Horrible Pollution. Been living here 2 years and I am def closing this chapter. I am a high net worth individual and I will go with my money somewhere else where they respect me and the place has a good energy.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 29° 84° 26° 79°AQI 50✈️8h$1,846 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×I don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 25✈️8h$5,699 / mo🌇 Also went here8 people×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°✈️15h$6,831 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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