🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.6/5 |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,474 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 6Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 33°C92°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Too humid: 84% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 36 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Great |
👍 Quality of life | Okay |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Not busy: 7k ppl/km² (12x12m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🙊 English speaking | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Okay |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
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🌍 Region | Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 5 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌤 33°C 92°F + 💦 Humid (84%) + 💨 6km/h = Feels like 48°C 118°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 36 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | Telkomsel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 7.14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: IDR 1,000,000 | USD 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 13% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📸 Visitors per year | 6,238,300 visitors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📸 Tourists now | 119,557 tourists | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
😤 People density | 🤨 busy: 7,000 ppl/km² 12x12m (144m²) space per person | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💻 Online electronics shop | Bhinekka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Garuda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏥 Best hospital | BIMC Hospital | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skimming of bank cards is rampant in Bali ATM's, only use ATMs inside bank offices. Watch out for cheap fake alcohol (like Absolut) being served which may be mixed with methanol and be poisonous. Bintang beer is generally okay. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
islandno-beachbeachwarm nowwarmhotclean airgood air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livinglow crimehigh humiditymany women |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,474 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $960 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,213 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $346 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $214 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $214 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $543 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $25 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | $2,205 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $72 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $4 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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