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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 184 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Laos |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 27°C 81°F + Humid (78%) = feels 30°C 86°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 84 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Unitel |
| 💸 10,000 LAK in USD | USD 1.08 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LAK 1,000,000 = USD 108 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee Inn |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 5% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 25,000 people |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | ImmoLaos |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Vietnam |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,014 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $689 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,608 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $460 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $359 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $159 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $436 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $20 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (53 listings) | $866 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $28 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
Does anyone have experience staying somewhere with fast internet in Vientiane, Laos? I am going for only a few days for a visa run, and in the past I found decent places with barely adequate internet for checking email sometimes, but had to work from coffee shops. Would be nicer to be able to work from the hotel / guesthouse and work in the evening.
Alternatively, does anyone have experience with Laotian 3G/4G providers, how well do they actually work, which provider is good, etc. Thanks!
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very humid now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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