2.21/5
91 reviews
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Cost of Living in Malacca

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ringett

touristy

weather

2024

food

good

patches

Having travelled and lived around Thailand and Malaysia, Malacca feels somewhat disjointed without any real centre apart from the touristy Jonker Street. Weather (January 2024) ranges between a balmy & breezy 28C to a slightly uncomfortable and sticky 33C. Local food is very reasonably priced (3.50 Ringett for sweet tea or kopi, 7 Ringett for a plate of noodles), if you avoid the most touristy places and stick to local side alleys and restaurants where the local people eat. People here are very friendly and interested to know where you come from, many speak good English. Big Chinese and Nyonya community here, which reflects in the food, along with Portuguese & Malay influences. Some of the longer-stay hotels are cheaper when rented through private landlords (find them on Booking website). Buying a traditional wooden house in the centre of Malacca near the canal costs from 12,000 Ringett (prices as of Jan 2024).

11 months ago

Arrived yesterday, at Dreambase coworking now. A fascinating city in the sense that is seems strange, eerie, and sullen. It feels like the city was abandoned for 30 years and what remains is the population that decided to stay. Many random empty, lonely buildings. Patches of busyness dispersed in between patches of nullness. Everything feels just a little bit too far to walk. Grab works fine here for getting around. Extremely affordable. But so far it definitely doesn't feel like the place to be if what you're looking for is night life, socializing, and entrepreneurial communities. Internet speed is great. Weather is good. Things are quiet.

5 years ago

✅ Very affordable

✅ Great internet speed

✅ Good weather

✅ Friendly locals

✅ Cheap local food

✅ Affordable to live

✅ Pretty safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm all year round

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Very easy to make friends

✅ Very easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Democratic

✅ Safe for women

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse

❌ Strange and eerie atmosphere

❌ Disjointed city with no real center

❌ Limited nightlife and socializing options

❌ Feeling of emptiness in many areas

❌ Freedom of speech is weak

❌ 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

❌ Hospitals are bad

❌ Roads are very dangerous

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Not family friendly

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels

82 28°
warm

86 30°
warm

84 29°
warm

82 28°
warm

84 29°
warm

Real

82 28°
very warm

86 30°
very warm

84 29°
very warm

82 28°
very warm

84 29°
very warm

Humidity

nice
42%

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40%

nice
43%

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44%

nice
41%

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42%

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43%

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42%

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44%

nice
43%

Most common

☔️ Rain

☀️ Clear

☔️ Rain

Rain

rainy
79mm

dry
11mm

rainy
159mm

rainy
231mm

rainy
244mm

rainy
202mm

rainy
226mm

rainy
203mm

rainy
198mm

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238mm

rainy
285mm

rainy
240mm

Cloud

cloudy
53%

pockets
40%

pockets
47%

cloudy
54%

cloudy
55%

pockets
49%

cloudy
54%

cloudy
51%

cloudy
54%

Air quality

clean
33 US AQI

clean
39 US AQI

clean
38 US AQI

clean
30 US AQI

clean
27 US AQI

clean
30 US AQI

clean
40 US AQI

okay
66 US AQI

okay
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okay
54 US AQI

okay
53 US AQI

clean
36 US AQI

Sun

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
9 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

Remote workers

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360 people

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280 people

250 people

320 people

280 people

267 people

280 people

300 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Not all nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

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Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84° 🥵 AQI 53 😷

✈️10min

$1,363 / mo

62 Mbps

Johor Bahru

Malaysia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 85° 🥵 AQI 57 😷

✈️15min

$1,138 / mo

17 Mbps

Malaysia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84° 🥵 AQI 53 😷

✈️10min

$1,363 / mo

🌇 Also went here84 people

Singapore

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety great

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°

✈️16min

$4,584 / mo

🌇 Also went here72 people

Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Not all nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

⭐️ Total score	2.21/5 (Rank #705) 91 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍1 liked it 👎1 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $1,168 / mo
📡 Internet	🙂 Good: 19Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Too hot: 30°C85°F (feels 38°C100°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	🥵 Sweaty: 83%
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Great: 39 US AQI
👌 Safety	Good
🤮 Food safety*	Good
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Good
🤝 Lack of racism*	Bad
🎓 Education level*	Mediocre
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Good
💰 Income level*	Low: $792 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Okay
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Good
🧳 Lost luggage*	Good
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Bad
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Bad
❄️ A/C or heating	Okay
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Okay
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Okay
👩 Female friendly	Okay
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly	Bad
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Asia
🚩 Country	Malaysia
🗓️ Average trip length	3 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	19 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌧 30°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (83%) = feels 38°C 100°F
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👍 40 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Grab
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 10 MYR in USD	USD 2.25
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	MYR 1,000 = USD 225
💸 Tipping	No
💳 Cashless	💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners)
☕️ Best coffee place	San Francisco Coffee
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place	Utopia Workspaces
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	6% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	870,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$9,508 / year
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 74% 👱‍♀️ 26%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Lazada
🏠 Apartment listings	Airbnb
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Air Asia
🏥 Best hospital	Mahkota Medical Centre

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$1,168 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$890 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,314 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$661 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$409 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$1,098 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$451 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$19 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$36 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$163 / month
🍛 Dinner	$2
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$0
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$4
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$2
👩‍🏫 International school	$4,461 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$5 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$1 / trip