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| ⭐️ Total score | 61 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Laos |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 31°C 88°F + 😊 Comfy (65%) = feels 36°C 97°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 122 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100,000 LAK in USD | USD 5.92 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LAK 10,000,000 = USD 592 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee Inn |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎3% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 25,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,339 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | ImmoLaos |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Vietnam |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,266 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,087 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,627 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $751 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $467 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,176 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $688 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $22 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $39 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $115 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not very safe
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Humidity |
nice 70% |
nice 67% |
nice 63% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 97% |
sweaty 94% |
sweaty 94% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 84% |
nice 70% |
| Rain |
dry 10mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 225mm |
rainy 350mm |
rainy 547mm |
rainy 444mm |
rainy 495mm |
rainy 401mm |
rainy 198mm |
rainy 71mm |
dry 16mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 25% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 82% |
overcast 99% |
overcast 95% |
overcast 93% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 65% |
pockets 40% |
| Sun |
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Stayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
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