⭐️ Total score |
2.38/5 (Rank #454)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $941 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 13Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C88°F (feels 37°C99°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 68%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 60 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$142 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 13 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 31°C 88°F + 😊 Comfy (68%) = feels 37°C 99°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 60 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Ola |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.20 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 120 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Coffee Day |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,700,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 60% 👱♀️ 40% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | 99Acres |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Indigo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Jet Airways |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $941 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $433 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $881 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $252 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $814 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $754 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $97 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $38 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $25 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $139 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,348 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ 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 |
82
28° warm |
82
28° warm |
84
29° warm |
84
29° warm |
82
28° warm |
82
28° warm |
82
28° warm |
81
27° warm |
82
28° warm |
82
28° warm |
81
27° warm |
84
29° warm |
Real |
82
28°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
81
27°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
81
27°
warm |
85
30°
very warm |
Humidity |
nice 41% |
nice 36% |
nice 38% |
nice 41% |
nice 44% |
nice 44% |
nice 44% |
nice 45% |
nice 44% |
nice 45% |
nice 44% |
nice 38% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 31mm |
dry 15mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 167mm |
rainy 237mm |
rainy 225mm |
rainy 242mm |
rainy 192mm |
rainy 186mm |
rainy 307mm |
rainy 292mm |
rainy 61mm |
Cloud |
pockets 37% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 29% |
Air quality |
bad 146 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 100 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 115 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 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 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 333 people |
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