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| ⭐️ Total score | 4 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Thailand |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 112 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 26°C 80°F + 😊 Comfy (74%) = feels 28°C 82°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 58 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 69 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 100 THB in USD | USD 2.87 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | THB 10,000 = USD 287 |
| 💸 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 | $1,115 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $476 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,036 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $296 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $615 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $156 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $29 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $138 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $11,477 / 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
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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 | 8429° warm | 9133° hot | 10641° scorching | 10842° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10842° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10440° hot | 9937° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 8429° warm |
| Real | 8228° very warm | 8731° hot | 9334° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8127° warm |
| Humidity | nice 58% | nice 52% | nice 56% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 71% | nice 68% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 91% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 78% | nice 64% |
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| Rain | dry 1mm | dry 11mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 220mm | rainy 119mm | dry 40mm | rainy 206mm | rainy 206mm | rainy 465mm | rainy 240mm | rainy 56mm | dry 6mm |
| Cloud | pockets 23% | pockets 24% | pockets 46% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 79% | overcast 90% | overcast 91% | overcast 93% | overcast 98% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 70% | pockets 42% |
| 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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