⭐️ Total score | 2.81/5 (Rank #438) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $907 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 4Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 A bit cold: 15°C59°F (feels 15°C59°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 89% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy : 180 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy : 156 US AQI |
👌 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 (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* | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Pakistan |
⏱ Average trip length | 37 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 15°C 59°F + 💦 Damp (89%) = feels 15°C 59°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 180 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 156.25 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 1,000 PKR in USD | USD 3.77 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PKR 100,000 = USD 377 |
💳 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 | 👍15% 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) | 👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
🏞 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 | $907 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $599 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,018 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $291 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $464 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $994 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $264 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $22 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $33 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $122 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $0 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very damp now
❌ 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% |
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 | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 240 people | 240 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 30° 86° 26° 79°🥵AQI 21✈️6h$5,433 / mo🌇 Also went here29 people×I absolutely love living in this city. It's very clean, safe and things generally always work! This is something I miss when I travel to other cities in Europe and rest of the world. Also co-working spaces are growing tons. Though night life might be pretty "boring", it truly is what you make it. Get to know other expats and friends through meetups or friend of a friend, and you'll have an awesome time here!
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