⭐️ Total score |
2.97/5 (Rank #217)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,276 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 10Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C85°F (feels 38°C100°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 84%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 8 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy : 151 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$142 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
⏱ Average trip length | 15 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 30°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (84%) = feels 38°C 100°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 8 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 151 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.21 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 121 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Coffee Day |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
🏞 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 | $1,276 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $939 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,748 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $499 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $625 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,774 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $362 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $29 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $58 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $94 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ 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
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ 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 |
99
37° hot |
97
36° hot |
104
40° hot |
106
41° scorching |
102
39° hot |
97
36° hot |
93
34° hot |
93
34° hot |
93
34° hot |
99
37° hot |
97
36° hot |
99
37° hot |
Real |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
Humidity |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 78% |
Rain |
rainy 129mm |
dry 16mm |
rainy 92mm |
rainy 169mm |
rainy 674mm |
rainy 496mm |
rainy 748mm |
rainy 417mm |
rainy 344mm |
rainy 585mm |
rainy 374mm |
dry 37mm |
Cloud |
pockets 48% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 87% |
overcast 94% |
overcast 98% |
overcast 95% |
overcast 93% |
overcast 95% |
overcast 95% |
pockets 46% |
Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
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