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| ⭐️ Total score | 209 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | India |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 17 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 31°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (75%) = feels 39°C 102°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 124 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 60 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Airtel |
| 💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.35 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 135 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Coffee Day |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
| 🏞 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 | $915 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $527 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $834 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $238 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $94 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $54 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $706 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $33 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 113 listings) | $1,105 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 9736° hot | 10239° hot | 10440° hot | 10943° scorching | 10842° scorching | 9937° hot | 9535° hot | 9032° hot | 9535° hot | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 10038° hot |
| Real | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot |
| Humidity | nice 61% | nice 65% | nice 68% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 72% |
| Rain | dry 4mm | dry 21mm | dry 45mm | rainy 97mm | rainy 65mm | rainy 211mm | rainy 102mm | rainy 243mm | rainy 131mm | rainy 255mm | rainy 142mm | dry 47mm |
| Cloud | pockets 40% | pockets 39% | pockets 26% | pockets 47% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 88% | overcast 92% | cloudy 82% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 64% |
| Air quality | bad 146 US AQI | bad 118 US AQI | bad 100 US AQI | okay 80 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | clean 45 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | okay 95 US AQI | bad 115 US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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