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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 206 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Brunei |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 31°C 88°F + Humid (83%) = feels 41°C 106°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 19 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | B-Mobile (Progresif) |
| 💸 10 BND in USD | USD 7.26 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BND 100 = USD 73 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Truesynergy |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 259,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 4,964 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 27,000 people |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Royal Brunei Airline |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Royal Brunei Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | JPMC |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,162 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $770 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,548 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $442 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $363 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $109 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $776 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $36 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (79 listings) | $1,182 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $39 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.49 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very humid now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Real | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8731° hot | 8630° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 75% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 79% |
| Rain | rainy 91mm | dry 38mm | rainy 58mm | rainy 97mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 155mm | rainy 128mm | rainy 71mm | rainy 82mm | rainy 156mm | rainy 97mm | rainy 148mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 88% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 90% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 89% |
| Air quality | clean 17 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 22 US AQI |
| Sun | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 1 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 0 people | 0 people | 1 people | 1 people | 0 people |
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