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| ⭐️ Total score | 209 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ 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 |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 13 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (84%) = feels 35°C 95°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 13 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 60 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Airtel |
| 💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.27 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 127 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
| 💳 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 | $1,051 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $550 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $784 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $224 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $89 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $51 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,043 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $49 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 92 listings) | $1,258 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Very slow internet
❌ 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+
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| Feels | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 10239° hot | 10641° scorching | 10239° hot | 10038° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot | 9736° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9736° hot |
| Real | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8530° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 81% | sweaty 72% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 90% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 75% |
| Rain | rainy 99mm | dry 16mm | rainy 61mm | rainy 142mm | rainy 532mm | rainy 225mm | rainy 260mm | rainy 191mm | rainy 188mm | rainy 457mm | rainy 337mm | rainy 62mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 57% | pockets 35% | pockets 47% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 82% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 88% | overcast 93% | pockets 48% |
| 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 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 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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