⭐️ Total score |
2.92/5 (Rank #314)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $996 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 14Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 29°C85°F (feels 33°C91°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 73%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 47 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 115 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$142 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 14 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (73%) = feels 33°C 91°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 47 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 115 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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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 |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 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 | $996 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $568 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $815 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $233 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $685 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,175 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $336 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $32 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $39 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $81 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ 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
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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Feels |
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Real |
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Humidity |
nice 40% |
nice 37% |
nice 39% |
nice 42% |
nice 44% |
nice 44% |
nice 45% |
nice 46% |
nice 45% |
nice 45% |
nice 45% |
nice 37% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 46mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 43mm |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 309mm |
rainy 150mm |
rainy 173mm |
rainy 140mm |
rainy 137mm |
rainy 236mm |
rainy 189mm |
dry 29mm |
Cloud |
pockets 38% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 41% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 28% |
Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
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avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
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seek shade 5 UVI |
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avoid sun 8 UVI |
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