⭐️ Total score | 0.5/5 (Rank #1331) |
👍 Quality of life score | Bad |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,378 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 12Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 35°C95°F (feels 34°C93°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 22% |
👌 Safety | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
⚡️ Power grid | Very bad |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Bad |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $104 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Myanmar |
🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 35°C 95°F + 🌵 Too dry (22%) = feels 34°C 93°F |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Grab |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10,000 MMK in USD | USD 4.76 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MMK 1,000,000 = USD 476 |
💸 Tipping | No |
☕️ Best coffee place | Nova Coffee |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Shwewaa |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 5% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,200,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,242 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Myanmar National Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Mandalar Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,378 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $972 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,565 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $447 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $801 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,583 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $405 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $38 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $52 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $59 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | 0 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | 0 / month |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 8429° warm | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° warm | 8630° warm | 8429° warm | 8127° warm | 7524° warm |
Real | 7625° warm | 8027° warm | 8932° hot | 9234° hot | 9133° hot | 8932° hot | 8731° hot | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8027° warm | 7524° warm |
Humidity | nice 31% | too dry 22% | too dry 15% | too dry 23% | too dry 29% | nice 35% | nice 39% | nice 42% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 40% | nice 37% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain | dry 0mm | dry 3mm | dry 1mm | dry 26mm | rainy 147mm | rainy 125mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 175mm | rainy 193mm | rainy 178mm | dry 49mm | dry 3mm |
Cloud | clear 7% | clear 5% | pockets 12% | pockets 18% | pockets 30% | pockets 47% | pockets 48% | pockets 49% | pockets 45% | pockets 36% | pockets 19% | pockets 13% |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 333 people | 333 people | 0 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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