⭐️ Total score | 2.93/5 (Rank #270) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,120 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 11Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 27°C80°F (feels 30°C86°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 72% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy : 181 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
⚡️ Power grid | Very bad |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $142 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
⏱ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 27°C 80°F + 🥵 Sweaty (72%) = feels 30°C 86°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 181 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.21 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 121 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Coffee Day |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 980,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
🏞 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 | $1,120 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $743 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,648 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $471 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $545 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,034 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $320 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $26 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $34 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $127 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 8630° warm | 8429° warm | 9535° hot | 10440° hot | 11345° scorching | 11144° scorching | 11546° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10842° scorching | 10641° scorching | 9535° hot | 8228° warm |
Real | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm | 7926° warm |
Humidity | sweaty 75% | nice 69% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 84% | nice 75% |
Rain | dry 6mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 11mm | dry 50mm | rainy 93mm | rainy 179mm | rainy 195mm | rainy 326mm | rainy 127mm | rainy 203mm | dry 46mm |
Cloud | pockets 29% | pockets 17% | pockets 18% | pockets 42% | cloudy 56% | overcast 90% | overcast 93% | overcast 94% | overcast 94% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 76% | pockets 36% |
Air quality | bad 144 US AQI | badokay 181** US AQI | badokay 181** US AQI | badokay 181** US AQI | badokay 181** US AQI | badokay 181** US AQI | badokay 181** US AQI | badokay 181** US AQI | badokay 181** US AQI | badokay 181** US AQI | badokay 181** US AQI | bad 148 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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