🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.81/5 |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,558 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 21Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Humid: 68% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy: 63 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Good |
👍 Quality of life | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare | Good |
😄 Happiness | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🙊 English speaking | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Okay |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
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🌍 Region | Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 15 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 21 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌥 30°C 86°F + 💦 Humid (68%) + 💨 8km/h = Feels like 35°C 95°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 63 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | AIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 100 THB in USD | USD 3.31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: THB 10,000 | USD 331 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
☕️ Best coffee place | True Coffee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 14% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 58,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏠 Apartment listings | 9 Apartment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
places of worshiptemplesbeachkitesurfingspadivingretireeswarm nowwarmhotfast internetlow crimehigh humiditymany womenfriendly people |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,558 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,001 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,677 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $479 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $232 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $202 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $717 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $34 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (439 listings) | $2,286 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $75 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $2 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
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✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Humid now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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