⭐️ Total score | 2.68/5 (Rank #724) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $784 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 8Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 23°C73°F (feels 23°C73°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 34% |
💨 Air quality (now) | ☠️ Very unhealthy: 276 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 |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 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 | 32 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (34%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 276 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 156 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 1,000 PKR in USD | USD 3.56 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PKR 100,000 = USD 356 |
💳 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 | 👍13% 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 | $784 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $474 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $702 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $201 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $350 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,170 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $334 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $16 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $38 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $116 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,158 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ 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 | 6116° cool | 7323° mild | 8228° warm | 8429° warm | 10038° hot | 11345° scorching | 12250° scorching | 11546° scorching | 10842° scorching | 9133° hot | 7524° warm | 6418° cool |
Real | 6116° cool | 7323° mild | 8228° very warm | 8731° hot | 9535° hot | 10139° hot | 9736° hot | 9535° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 7524° warm | 6418° cool |
Humidity | nice 61% | nice 51% | nice 40% | too dry 28% | nice 39% | nice 40% | nice 64% | nice 62% | nice 70% | nice 49% | nice 41% | nice 48% |
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Rain | dry 42mm | dry 10mm | dry 38mm | rainy 57mm | dry 41mm | dry 39mm | rainy 176mm | rainy 90mm | rainy 109mm | rainy 62mm | dry 8mm | dry 2mm |
Cloud | pockets 27% | pockets 25% | pockets 21% | pockets 48% | pockets 43% | pockets 25% | cloudy 56% | pockets 36% | pockets 25% | clear 8% | clear 1% | pockets 26% |
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 | 333 people | 200 people | 200 people | 467 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 240 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people |
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