⭐️ Total score | 3.97/5 (Rank #57) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,204 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 11Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 28°C83°F (feels 33°C91°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 88% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 34 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 64 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $142 / mo |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍100% liked it 👎0% disliked it |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
😤 People density | 😤 Very dense: 30k ppl/km² (6x6m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 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 | India |
⏱ Average trip length | 12 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (88%) = feels 33°C 91°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 34 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 64.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | South: Ward G/S |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | East: Ward H/E |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Airtel |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.26 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 126 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 8,884,900 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 170,279 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 12,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
😤 Population density | 😤 very crowded: 6x6m (36m²) per person |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 61% 👱♀️ 39% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Magicbricks |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | IndiGo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,204 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $912 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,900 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $543 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $502 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $88 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $780 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $37 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 424 listings) | $1,441 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $47 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members here all year round
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ 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 | 8630° warm | 9032° hot | 9736° hot | 10440° hot | 10842° scorching | 10038° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9937° hot | 10038° hot | 9736° hot | 8630° warm |
Real | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8228° very warm |
Humidity | nice 61% | nice 53% | nice 52% | nice 69% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 90% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 90% | sweaty 73% | nice 65% | nice 64% |
Rain | dry 5mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 491mm | rainy 782mm | rainy 253mm | rainy 576mm | rainy 87mm | dry 44mm | rainy 67mm |
Cloud | pockets 18% | pockets 13% | pockets 10% | pockets 33% | pockets 48% | cloudy 73% | overcast 91% | cloudy 82% | cloudy 85% | pockets 42% | cloudy 67% | pockets 21% |
Air quality | bad 180 US AQI | bad 169 US AQI | bad 142 US AQI | okay 97 US AQI | okay 81 US AQI | okay 58 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 65 US AQI | bad 141 US AQI | bad 165 US AQI | bad 164 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 662 people | 533 people | 622 people | 600 people | 450 people | 500 people | 540 people | 350 people | 500 people | 460 people | 578 people | 545 people |
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