⭐️ Total score | 2.82/5 (Rank #1117) |
👍 Quality of life score | Bad |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,605 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 3Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 27°C81°F (feels 33°C91°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 94% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 30 US AQI |
👌 Safety | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $104 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Myanmar |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 27°C 81°F + 🥵 Sweaty (94%) = feels 33°C 91°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | MPT |
💸 10,000 MMK in USD | USD 5.37 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MMK 1,000,000 = USD 537 |
💸 Tipping | No |
☕️ Best coffee place | Santino Cafe |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 920,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,242 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Myanmar National Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Myanmar National Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Bawga Theiddhi Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,605 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $939 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,413 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $689 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $457 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $161 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $991 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $46 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 1 listings) | $677 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $22 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No democracy
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 10038° hot | 11345° scorching | 11144° scorching | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 10038° hot | 9937° hot | 9937° hot | 9535° hot | 8831° hot |
Real | 8429° very warm | 8731° hot | 9736° hot | 9535° hot | 9334° hot | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm |
Humidity | nice 62% | nice 45% | nice 33% | nice 59% | nice 66% | sweaty 97% | sweaty 96% | sweaty 96% | sweaty 94% | sweaty 91% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 72% |
Rain | dry 4mm | dry 3mm | dry 2mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 116mm | rainy 301mm | rainy 356mm | rainy 293mm | rainy 420mm | rainy 299mm | rainy 63mm | dry 3mm |
Cloud | pockets 13% | pockets 15% | clear 9% | pockets 43% | cloudy 60% | overcast 98% | overcast 97% | overcast 98% | overcast 95% | cloudy 83% | pockets 44% | pockets 25% |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
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