⭐️ Total score | 2.44/5 (Rank #313) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,308 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 13Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 32°C89°F (feels 41°C106°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 71% |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | High |
⚡️ Power grid | Good |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $326 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Sri Lanka |
🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 13 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 32°C 89°F + 🥵 Sweaty (71%) = feels 41°C 106°F |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Pickme |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 1,000 LKR in USD | USD 3.32 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LKR 100,000 = USD 332 |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Natural Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 5% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 110,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,910 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,308 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $468 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $802 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $229 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,704 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $985 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $281 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $80 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $32 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $170 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $763 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7725° warm | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 8127° warm |
Real | 7725° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8127° warm | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 7725° warm | 8027° warm |
Humidity | nice 47% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 42% | nice 46% | nice 42% | nice 44% | nice 44% | nice 43% | nice 46% | nice 48% | nice 43% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain | rainy 88mm | dry 42mm | rainy 131mm | rainy 194mm | rainy 164mm | rainy 57mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 116mm | rainy 132mm | rainy 266mm | rainy 366mm | rainy 93mm |
Cloud | cloudy 52% | pockets 35% | pockets 43% | pockets 40% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 58% | pockets 41% |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 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 | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 343 people | 514 people | 286 people | 200 people | 267 people | 300 people | 267 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 88°🥵✈️12min$1,084 / mo39Mbps×Stayed a whole month in Fort Kochi area, eventually going to Ernakulam (downtown area). It is unarguably very different than rest of India, much more cleaner and with friendlier people. Beaches aren`t nice for bathing but are a great choice to catch sunsets everyday. Cost of living is dirty cheap and public transport is good. They even have a subway crossing the city with reminds me the BTS in Bangkok. Actually, Kochi to me is like a small and boring version of Bangkok, which is good if you need
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 10° 50° 11° 51°AQI 31✈️12h$5,464 / mo29Mbps×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
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 43° 109° 35° 95°🥵✈️4h$1,053 / mo🌇 Also went here33 people×The most vietnamese city in Vietnam. The Old Quarter and West Lake are the highlights. If you come, try the egg coffee. Be mindful Vietnam has cracked down on visas, and it is not as friendly to foreigners. I was able to relax after I received a 5-year spousal visa.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 51° 124° 36° 96°🥵AQI 500😷✈️4h$1,053 / mo🌇 Also went here30 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 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 50✈️6h$1,883 / mo🌇 Also went here37 people×Can’t recommend Ubud. It’s just the same overdeveloped and overpriced mentally isolated tourist trap that is Canggu, just a bit worse. If you have never been anywhere else, it might be okay for 2 weeks, but to any seasoned traveller it’s a the type of place you dread.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 3° 37° 5° 41°AQI 34✈️10h$3,915 / mo🌇 Also went here34 people×I recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 7° 45° 9° 47°AQI 33✈️11h$6,289 / mo🌇 Also went here30 people×I don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 31✈️11h$4,987 / mo🌇 Also went here28 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 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 10° 50° 11° 51°AQI 31✈️12h$5,464 / mo🌇 Also went here28 people×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
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 45✈️13h$3,823 / mo🌇 Also went here29 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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