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| ⭐️ Overall score | 234 reviews |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Nepal |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 24°C 76°F + 😊 Comfy (99%) = feels 24°C 75°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 74 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 86 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Ncell |
| 💸 1,000 NPR in USD | USD 7.13 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NPR 10,000 = USD 71 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 14% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $722 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Hamrobazaar |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Jet Airways |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Etihad Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | CIWEC |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | €524 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €340 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €644 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €184 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €107 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €43 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €306 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €14 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | €541 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €18 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €0 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Nomad List members liked going here
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Good hospitals
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not family friendly
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| Feels | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 8228° warm | 8630° warm | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 6116° cool |
| Real | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7122° mild | 6116° cool |
| Humidity | nice 45% | nice 53% | nice 42% | nice 63% | nice 50% | sweaty 75% | nice 94% | nice 90% | nice 89% | nice 77% | nice 71% | nice 62% |
| Rain | dry 19mm | rainy 51mm | dry 18mm | rainy 64mm | dry 36mm | rainy 188mm | rainy 222mm | rainy 150mm | rainy 152mm | dry 37mm | dry 9mm | dry 17mm |
| Cloud | pockets 18% | cloudy 55% | pockets 17% | pockets 46% | pockets 27% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 82% | cloudy 88% | pockets 40% | pockets 33% | pockets 17% |
| Air quality | bad 155 US AQI | bad 145 US AQI | bad 107 US AQI | bad 138 US AQI | bad 121 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 9 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 86 US AQI | bad 137 US AQI | bad 158 US AQI | bad 153 US AQI |
| Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 280 people | 600 people | 350 people | 291 people | 400 people | 300 people | 250 people | 200 people | 400 people | 600 people | 200 people | 333 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 26✈️11h€1,864 / mo🌇 Also went here40 peopleI've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 25° 77° 25° 76°AQI 110😷✈️16h€4,322 / mo🌇 Also went here40 peopleI've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 9✈️16h€4,903 / mo🌇 Also went here35 people
