⭐️ Total score |
2.2/5 (Rank #786)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $976 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 9 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C83°F (feels 32°C90°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 79%
|
❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 5%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 133 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
|
👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food 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
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Okay |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (79%) = feels 32°C 90°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 133 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.13 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 113 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Coffee Day |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 67% 👱♀️ 33% |
🏞 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 | $976 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $507 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $756 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $216 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $565 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,065 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $304 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $56,310 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $26 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $35 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $158 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $695 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 31°C / 88°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 51°C / 124°F scorching | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 44°C / 111°F scorching | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 39°C / 102°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot |
Real (median) |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
34°C / 92°F
hot |
36°C / 96°F
hot |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
35°C / 94°F
hot |
34°C / 92°F
hot |
34°C / 92°F
hot |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
Humidity |
sweaty 84% |
nice 64% |
nice 62% |
nice 69% |
sweaty 73% |
nice 62% |
nice 65% |
nice 67% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 83% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
dry 7mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 25mm |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 48mm |
rainy 55mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 174mm |
rainy 167mm |
rainy 80mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 37% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 62% |
pockets 35% |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 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 | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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