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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 169 reviews |
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| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👍 Quality of life | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety | |
| 🏥 Healthcare | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBT friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Asia | |
| 🚩 Country | Laos | |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 3 days | |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps | |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌥 35°C 96°F + 💦 Humid (64%) + 💨 3km/h = Feels like 47°C 117°F | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 188 US AQI equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | ||
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Unitel | |
| 💸 10,000 LAK in USD | USD 1.13 | |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: LAK 1,000,000 | USD 113 | |
| 💸 Tipping | No | |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Toh Lao | |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |
| ♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return | |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 210,000 people | |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | ImmoLaos | |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia | |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Vietnam | |
😷 Air quality in Vientiane is very bad (188 US AQI) today: avoid exercising outdoors, close windows and try to stay inside, more info | ||
| places of worshiptemplesno-beachairportwarm nowwarmhotdirty airbad air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livinghigh humiditymany womenfriendly people | ||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,032 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $795 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,627 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $465 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $394 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $99 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $421 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $20 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (188 listings) | $1,213 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $40 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $3 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
Based on Vientiane's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
 | Lead UI UX Designer @ Packet Fabric |
 | User Experience Designer @ ORCID |
 | Sr UI Engineer / TypeScript / React @ Accord |
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✅ Pretty safe
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBT friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
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