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| ⭐️ Total score | 4 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Indonesia |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 19 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (78.5%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 55 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 6.72 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 1,000,000 = USD 67 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,570 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 67% 👱♀️ 33% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Tokopedia |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Garuda |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $831 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $639 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,981 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $566 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $316 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $474 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $437 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $15 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $16 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $139 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $5,037 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg ~3km/2mi trip) | $1 / trip |
✅ 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
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ 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+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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| Humidity |
sweaty 89% |
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| Rain |
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