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| ⭐️ Overall score | 212 reviews |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | India |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 37°C 99°F + 😊 Comfy (53%) = feels 48°C 118°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 70 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 172 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | AirTel |
| 💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.12 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 112 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee Culture -- The Ristorante Lounge |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 4,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $1,706 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 😤 crowded: 7x7m (49m²) per person |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Magic Bricks |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air India Regional |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air India |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Asutosh Clinic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | €555 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €367 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €402 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €115 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €62 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €30 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €310 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €15 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (23 listings) | €906 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €30 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €0 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Real | 8127° warm | 8429° very warm | 8831° hot | 9535° hot | 9334° hot | 9032° hot | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | nice 39% | nice 45% | nice 43% | nice 54% | nice 68% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 90% | sweaty 93% | sweaty 93% | sweaty 73% | nice 65% | nice 60% |
| Rain | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | rainy 178mm | rainy 192mm | rainy 156mm | rainy 147mm | rainy 56mm | dry 26mm | dry 2mm |
| Cloud | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 3% | cloudy 60% | overcast 94% | overcast 95% | overcast 97% | pockets 47% | pockets 28% | pockets 30% |
| Sun | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 13 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI |
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