⭐️ Total score | 3.13/5 (Rank #575) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $819 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 24Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 32°C89°F (feels 41°C106°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 70% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 38 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $493 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Good |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Thailand |
⏱ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 32°C 89°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 41°C 106°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | AIS |
💸 100 THB in USD | USD 2.94 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | THB 10,000 = USD 294 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 5% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Dose Espresso |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Smart Hub |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Smart Hub |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 140,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,911 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
🏠 Apartment listings | Thailand Property |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
🏥 Best hospital | Bangkok Hospital Udon Thani |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $819 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $544 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,065 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $304 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $176 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $85 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $322 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $15 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 43 listings) | $858 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not much to do
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 8429° warm | 9032° hot | 9937° hot | 10239° hot | 10842° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10239° hot | 10641° scorching | 9937° hot | 9535° hot | 9032° hot | 8429° warm |
Real | 8127° warm | 8630° very warm | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8127° warm |
Humidity | nice 59% | nice 55% | nice 54% | nice 65% | nice 69% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 90% | sweaty 83% | nice 69% | nice 62% |
Rain | dry 1mm | dry 18mm | rainy 91mm | rainy 195mm | rainy 161mm | rainy 251mm | rainy 279mm | rainy 261mm | rainy 449mm | rainy 179mm | dry 7mm | dry 2mm |
Cloud | pockets 15% | pockets 22% | pockets 36% | cloudy 82% | cloudy 79% | overcast 95% | overcast 93% | overcast 94% | overcast 92% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 53% | pockets 32% |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 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 |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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