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| 🌍 Region | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Maldives |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 29°C 84°F + Humid (79%) = feels 34°C 93°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 71 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 68 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Dhiraagu |
| 💸 100 MVR in USD | USD 6.49 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MVR 1,000 = USD 65 |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Sea House Maldives |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Cafe' ier |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Kaani Lodge |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 15% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 140,000 people |
| 😤 Population density | 😤 crowded: 7x7m (49m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 68% 👱♀️ 32% |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ibay |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Emirates |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 🏥 Best hospital | ADK Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,219 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,320 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,701 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $772 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $714 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $145 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $478 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $22 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very humid now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Real | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 71% | sweaty 75% | nice 70% | nice 70% | sweaty 72% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 72% | sweaty 72% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 77% |
| Rain | dry 9mm | dry 24mm | dry 12mm | dry 44mm | rainy 65mm | dry 44mm | dry 39mm | rainy 79mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 135mm | rainy 155mm | rainy 117mm |
| Cloud | pockets 44% | cloudy 59% | pockets 41% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 82% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 87% | overcast 90% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 84% |
| Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 0 people | 0 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 0 people | 1 people |
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