⭐️ Total score |
2.5/5 (Rank #259)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,201 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 13Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C88°F (feels 38°C100°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 73%
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Good
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$326 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Sri Lanka |
🗓️ Average trip length | 22 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 13 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 31°C 88°F + 🥵 Sweaty (73%) = feels 38°C 100°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 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 | Bites |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 810,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,910 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,201 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $981 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,889 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $540 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $585 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,591 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $450 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $27 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $52 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $78 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $0 |
✅ 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
✅ 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 safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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Real |
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84
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81
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Humidity |
nice 47% |
nice 43% |
nice 43% |
nice 42% |
nice 42% |
nice 38% |
nice 37% |
nice 39% |
nice 40% |
nice 42% |
nice 45% |
nice 43% |
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Rain |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 157mm |
rainy 274mm |
rainy 155mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 39% |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
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avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
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