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| ⭐️ Total score | 55 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | India |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 13 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (32%) = feels 23°C 73°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 155 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 125 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 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 |
| ♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| 🏞 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 | $1,107 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $559 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $987 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $282 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,011 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,016 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $138 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $47 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $33 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $94 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $1,132 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $0 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Feels |
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20° mild |
77
25° warm |
84
29° warm |
91
33° hot |
93
34° hot |
93
34° hot |
93
34° hot |
91
33° hot |
91
33° hot |
84
29° warm |
77
25° warm |
72
22° mild |
| Real |
67
20°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
90
32°
hot |
98
37°
hot |
95
35°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
89
32°
hot |
89
32°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
79
26°
warm |
71
22°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 35% |
too dry 28% |
too dry 13% |
too dry 7% |
too dry 23% |
nice 39% |
nice 40% |
nice 44% |
nice 43% |
nice 33% |
too dry 28% |
too dry 29% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 0mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 3mm |
rainy 68mm |
rainy 164mm |
rainy 155mm |
rainy 167mm |
rainy 127mm |
dry 30mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 11mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 13% |
clear 5% |
clear 5% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 30% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 15% |
| Air quality |
bad 219 US AQI |
bad 198 US AQI |
bad 184 US AQI |
bad 171 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 168 US AQI |
bad 241 US AQI |
bad 277 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
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I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
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