| ⭐️ Total score |
2.99/5 (Rank #174)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
1% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,014 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 19 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C83°F (feels 31°C88°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 74%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Low: 37%
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Great |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Bad
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$493 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Good |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Thailand |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 16 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 19 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (74%) = feels 31°C 88°F
|
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 THB in USD | USD 3.20 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | THB 10,000 = USD 320 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 5% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | KoHub |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 20,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,911 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,014 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,548 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,000 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $857 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,066 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,864 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $669 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $271,841 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $50 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $94 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $154 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot |
| Real (median) |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 81% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 41mm |
dry 10mm |
rainy 52mm |
rainy 149mm |
rainy 271mm |
rainy 214mm |
rainy 258mm |
rainy 289mm |
rainy 308mm |
rainy 311mm |
rainy 224mm |
rainy 108mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 40% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 32% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 41% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,025 people | 1,462 people | 1,533 people | 831 people | 500 people | 440 people | 250 people | 300 people | 750 people | 625 people | 1,015 people | 1,000 people |
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