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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 197 reviews |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
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| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Region | Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚩 Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 16 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌥 34°C 94°F + 💦 Humid (67%) + 💨 7km/h = Feels like 45°C 113°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 127 US AQI equal to 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Telkomsel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: INR 10,000 | USD 140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 40,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Garuda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
😷 Air quality in Varkala is very bad (127 US AQI) today: avoid exercising outdoors, close windows and try to stay inside, more info | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| no-beachbeachnon-touristywarm nowwarmhotdirty airbad air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livinghigh humiditymany womenfriendly people | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,042 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $501 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,014 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $290 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $91 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $227 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $602 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $28 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (100 listings) | $866 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $28 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $2 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
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✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Humid now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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