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| 🌍 Region | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Brunei |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 30°C 86°F + Humid (87%) = feels 39°C 102°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 12 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | B-Mobile (Progresif) |
| 💸 10 BND in USD | USD 7.48 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BND 100 = USD 75 |
| 💻 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 | $1,156 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $752 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,595 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $456 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $374 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $112 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $800 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $37 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (66 listings) | $1,052 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $34 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.50 |
| 🍺 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 |
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| 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 |
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 17° 63° 16° 60°AQI 35✈️15h$2,870 / mo🌇 Also went here4 peopleLiterally the worst traffic in North America, 6th worst in the world, grotesquely expensive, Horrible weather much of the year, Cold and distant people. Possibly the most Anti-American people In the world. Surging crime and homelessness since Orwellian government lockdown On a good note, decent waterfront in the summer and fall, if you dig around You can't find decent food though very expensive. Overall you're much better off in NYC or elsewhere. Trying to defect from here as asap.
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