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| ⭐️ Total score | 1 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 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 | Indonesia |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 19 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 30°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (89%) = feels 40°C 104°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 35.25 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 6.59 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 1,000,000 = USD 66 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
| 💳 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 | $992 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $737 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,081 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $594 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $328 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $498 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $550 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $15 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $16 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $213 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ 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 make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ 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 | 9334° hot | 10239° hot | 9937° hot | 10440° hot | 10641° scorching | 10842° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10440° hot | 10440° hot | 10943° scorching | 10440° hot | 10038° hot |
| Real | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 93% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 93% | sweaty 91% | sweaty 94% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 90% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 91% | sweaty 96% |
| Rain | rainy 247mm | rainy 120mm | rainy 401mm | rainy 287mm | rainy 331mm | rainy 219mm | rainy 174mm | rainy 279mm | rainy 292mm | rainy 307mm | rainy 295mm | rainy 336mm |
| Cloud | overcast 94% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 85% | overcast 92% | overcast 92% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 88% | overcast 92% | cloudy 89% | overcast 91% | overcast 93% | overcast 95% |
| 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 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
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