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| ⭐️ Total score | 210 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Indonesia |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 31°C 88°F + 🥵 Sweaty (85%) = feels 42°C 108°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 35 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 35 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Telkomsel |
| 💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 7.11 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 1,000,000 = USD 71 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 880,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,570 / year |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Tokopedia |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Garuda |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $765 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $634 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,583 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $452 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $426 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $142 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $270 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $13 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (29 listings) | $871 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $29 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $0 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| Feels | 10440° hot | 10943° scorching | 10943° scorching | 11747° scorching | 10842° scorching | 11144° scorching | 11144° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10239° hot | 10943° scorching | 9937° hot |
| Real | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8932° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 91% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 93% |
| Rain | rainy 106mm | rainy 110mm | rainy 109mm | rainy 136mm | rainy 111mm | rainy 159mm | rainy 97mm | rainy 90mm | rainy 109mm | rainy 225mm | rainy 250mm | rainy 140mm |
| Cloud | overcast 94% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 87% | overcast 91% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 84% |
| Air quality | clean 32 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 19 US AQI | clean 35* US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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