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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 208 reviews |
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| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👍 Quality of life | |
| 👶 Family friendly | |
| 🚶 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) | 3 Mbps | |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌤 39°C 103°F + 💦 Not humid (48%) + 💨 4km/h = feels like 50°C 122°F | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 169 US AQI equal to 🚬 🚬 / day | |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | ||
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Unitel | |
| 💸 10,000 LAK in USD | USD 1.12 | |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LAK 1,000,000 USD 112 | |
| 💸 Tipping | No | |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Toh Lao | |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% 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 (169 US AQI) today: avoid exercising outdoors, close windows and try to stay inside, more info | ||
| places of worshiptemplesno-beachairportnon-touristywarm nowwarmhotdirty airbad air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livingmany womenfriendly people | ||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,027 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $791 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,618 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $462 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $392 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $98 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $419 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $20 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (188 listings) | $1,207 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $40 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $3 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 48° 118° 33° 91°🥵AQI 74✈️2h$1,074 / mo17MbpsChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really chea
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 44° 111° 40° 104°🥵AQI 197😷✈️31min$1,058 / mo🌇 Also went here64 peopleI lived in Hanoi for 3 full months and I really loved it. Hanoi has a big foreigner district calle
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 44° 111° 32° 90°🥵AQI 62✈️2h$2,745 / mo🌇 Also went here52 peopleHonestly, this is an awesome place to be if you're actually trying to get work done. It's a bit of a
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 48° 118° 32° 90°🥵AQI 80😷✈️4h$1,285 / mo🌇 Also went here36 peopleBerlin is great but Germany overall is extremely overrated - it is NOT by any means a modern, digiti
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 9° 48° 11° 52°AQI 54✈️12h$4,313 / mo🌇 Also went here38 peopleI have been living in London for over 2 years as a student. It's ridiculously expensive. However, th
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 45✈️18h$4,975 / mo🌇 Also went here40 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels like | 9736° hot | 11144° scorching | 11848° scorching | 13155° scorching | 12049° scorching | 11848° scorching | 11546° scorching | 11144° scorching | 11747° scorching | 11144° scorching | 10239° hot | 9736° hot |
| Real temperature | 8831° hot | 9535° hot | 9937° hot | 10239° hot | 9334° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 8932° hot | 8831° hot |
| Humidity | comfy 64% | comfy 57% | comfy 52% | comfy 55% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 91% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 75% | comfy 70% | comfy 65% |
| Rain | not rainy 3mm | not rainy 20mm | not rainy 32mm | rainy 65mm | rainy 142mm | rainy 220mm | rainy 117mm | rainy 208mm | rainy 102mm | not rainy 34mm | not rainy 7mm | not rainy 1mm |
| Cloud cover | pockets 17% | pockets 11% | pockets 30% | pockets 32% | cloudy 89% | overcast 90% | overcast 93% | overcast 94% | cloudy 52% | pockets 39% | pockets 32% | pockets 21% |
| Air quality | bad 110 AQI | bad 169** AQI | bad 169** AQI | bad 169** AQI | clean 34 AQI | clean 34 AQI | clean 30 AQI | clean 25 AQI | clean 63 AQI | clean 65 AQI | bad 92 AQI | bad 116 AQI |
| UV Index | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI |
| Nomad List members there | 2 people | 3 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm all year round
✅ 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
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ 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
❌ Not family friendly
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