⭐️ Total score |
2.25/5 (Rank #600)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,522 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 5Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 33°C91°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 85%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 24 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 18 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Great
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💰 Income level* |
High:
$2,245 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 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 |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Brunei |
🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (85%) = feels 33°C 91°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 24 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 19 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 BND in USD | USD 7.45 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BND 100 = USD 74 |
💻 Best coworking space | Truesynergy |
☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
📸 Visitors per year | 259,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 4,964 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 27,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $26,939 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Royal Brunei Airline |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Royal Brunei Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | JPMC |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,522 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $891 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,155 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $616 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $970 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,291 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $428 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $45 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $42 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $260 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.37 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $11,582 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $9 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
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Feels |
84
29° warm |
82
28° warm |
88
31° hot |
86
30° warm |
90
32° hot |
86
30° warm |
86
30° warm |
88
31° hot |
88
31° hot |
88
31° hot |
88
31° hot |
84
29° warm |
Real |
84
29°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
Humidity |
nice 45% |
nice 45% |
nice 44% |
nice 43% |
nice 44% |
nice 42% |
nice 42% |
nice 44% |
nice 44% |
nice 44% |
nice 45% |
nice 44% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
rainy 173mm |
rainy 117mm |
rainy 101mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 158mm |
rainy 192mm |
rainy 185mm |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 205mm |
rainy 286mm |
rainy 244mm |
rainy 222mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 56% |
Air quality |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 14 US AQI |
clean 15 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
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