⭐️ Total score |
2.43/5 (Rank #352)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,053 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 15Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 34°C93°F (feels 38°C100°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 49%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 133 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$142 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 15 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 34°C 93°F + 😊 Comfy (49%) = feels 38°C 100°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 133 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Ola |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.20 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 120 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Coffee Day |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 67% 👱♀️ 33% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | 99Acres |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Indigo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Jet Airways |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,053 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $529 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $805 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $230 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $671 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,089 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $311 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $31 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $36 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $168 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $740 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
81
27° warm |
82
28° warm |
91
33° hot |
99
37° hot |
91
33° hot |
95
35° hot |
91
33° hot |
93
34° hot |
91
33° hot |
86
30° warm |
82
28° warm |
84
29° warm |
Real |
81
27°
warm |
85
30°
very warm |
92
34°
hot |
96
36°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
94
35°
hot |
92
34°
hot |
92
34°
hot |
90
32°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
Humidity |
nice 42% |
nice 32% |
nice 31% |
nice 35% |
nice 37% |
nice 31% |
nice 33% |
nice 34% |
nice 37% |
nice 43% |
nice 45% |
nice 42% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
dry 7mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 25mm |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 48mm |
rainy 55mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 174mm |
rainy 167mm |
rainy 80mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 37% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 62% |
pockets 35% |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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