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| ⭐️ Total score | 208 reviews |
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Brunei |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (91%) = feels 37°C 99°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 11 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 19 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | B-Mobile (Progresif) |
| 💸 10 BND in USD | USD 7.31 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BND 100 = USD 73 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Truesynergy |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 259,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 4,964 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 27,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $26,939 / year |
| 👫 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 | $1,220 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $779 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,558 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $445 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $365 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $110 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $911 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $43 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 74 listings) | $1,207 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $40 / 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
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ 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 | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 82°AQI 124😷✈️2h$1,299 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleCheep bear and party place. But only have 3-4 beautiful places to visit. I stayed 5 days and thanks! There are more beautiful places in Asia than Hanoi. I don´t think I come back. Good food and cheap but nothing more..
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 95😷✈️3h$985 / mo🌇 Also went here5 peopleDefinitely check out The Key (on near Zhong Xiao Dun Hua station) if living here for more than a month. Cafe + Gym + Bar all in one, monthly membership about $50 USD. English-friendly, no contracts. Made my 3 month stay here immensely better with fast wifi in the cafe and it's a great feeling to be able to work out immediately after working.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 89😷✈️4h$2,087 / mo🌇 Also went here4 peopleI've been living for a year in Itaewon-dong, Seoul back in 2015 when i was 22 years old. It was one of the best year of my life, i made lifelong friends overthere. Great culture, great food, great people. The cons : no beach, ultra-capitalist environment, big city life downside (transportation, prices etc...)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 8° 46° 8° 47°AQI 68✈️5h$2,191 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 89😷✈️9h$4,496 / mo🌇 Also went here4 peopleI came here the autumn 2021. Before i had lived in another Turkish city which was amazing! But I had to live that place and came here. What can I say? My first real estate agent scammed me for 1500TL. And I couldn't rent any apartment for 6 months because I am a single woman and also my national is being considered as not the one with decent women. So finally after 2 weeks of searching and meetings with many completely rude and unprofessionally real estate agents I did find the apartment. What a
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 27✈️12h$947 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleA top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 1° 34° 4° 39°AQI 12✈️15h$4,415 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleOne of the most horrendous cities I've ever been to. Too much traffic, ugly architecture and even the food is very much hit and miss. Oh and housing is not that cheap. People can range from very friendly to very much not caring but on average, they're neither unfriendly nor easy to connect with, even if you speak good Spanish. More than anything, from someone used to the lively vibe in Colombia or Mexico, the place is as lively as a cemetery. No music, not even a peep at night... There's a reaso
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 88😷✈️25h$995 / mo🌇 Also went here4 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
