⭐️ Total score | 2.46/5 (Rank #298) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,067 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🚀 Super fast: 112Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 35°C95°F (feels 40°C104°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 47% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 Moderate: 100 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 68 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 Food safety* | Bad |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Okay |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $493 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Thailand |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 112 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 35°C 95°F + 😊 Comfy (47%) = feels 40°C 104°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 100 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 69 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Grab |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 THB in USD | USD 2.75 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | THB 10,000 = USD 275 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 5% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | True Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,600,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,911 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 75% 👱♀️ 25% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
🏠 Apartment listings | Prakard |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,067 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $456 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $989 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $283 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $589 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $150 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $28 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $132 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $10,991 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $5 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not much to do
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7926° warm | 8228° warm | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8429° warm | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 7926° warm |
Real | 8127° warm | 8630° very warm | 9234° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 8932° hot | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8127° warm |
Humidity | too dry 29% | too dry 26% | too dry 28% | nice 37% | nice 36% | nice 34% | nice 40% | nice 39% | nice 45% | nice 44% | nice 39% | nice 32% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 0mm | dry 10mm | dry 45mm | rainy 73mm | rainy 132mm | dry 39mm | rainy 132mm | rainy 187mm | rainy 239mm | rainy 145mm | dry 32mm | dry 6mm |
Cloud | pockets 15% | pockets 15% | pockets 28% | cloudy 53% | pockets 47% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 52% | pockets 42% | pockets 27% |
Air quality | bad 110 US AQI | okay 90 US AQI | okay 95 US AQI | okay 92 US AQI | okay 78 US AQI | okay 74 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | okay 58 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | okay 82 US AQI | okay 90 US AQI | bad 118 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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