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Cost of Living in Mumbai

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Mumbai is a vast, diverse city that serves as the financial capital of India. It offers a mix of modern and historic experiences, with a fast-paced urban culture and vibrant street life. The city caters to a wide range of culinary preferences, with both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options readily available from various global cuisines. Alcohol is accessible, and nightlife is active in many areas. Visitors can also enjoy local festivals and daily street scenes that reflect the city's dynamic blend of cultures.

Getting around is fairly easy using rideshare services like Uber, which are generally reliable and offer access to cheaper auto-rickshaws as well. However, travelers should be cautious when using local taxis, as foreigners may be charged higher rates if not using a service like Uber.

While Mumbai is considered safe for travelers, it's still advisable to use common sense and maintain typical safety precautions. Internet access can be inconsistent, depending on location, though major providers like JIO provide reasonable coverage. It’s important to note that Mumbai is more expensive than other Indian cities, but many travelers feel it’s worth the cost for the unique and vast experience the city offers. Most agree that one visit is not enough to fully explore everything Mumbai has to offer.

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5 months ago

Mumbai, August 28-September 2, September 7, September 11 2019. Got a friend to pick me up at the airport, so I can't evaluate how well UBER works from the airport. Prepaid taxi from the airport is my usual recommendation, and if I was traveling tomorrow that is what I would do. Inside of Mumbai, UBER was my go-to app and worked well. Autos (aka 'Tuk-tuks' in some places) get around well and are cheap, some are also on Uber. Be aware that unless you use a service like UBER, as a foreigner, the price will go up if you do not look and act like a local when you flag down your ride.

Food was varied and can be had in any variety, veg or non=veg, any nationality or region. Alcohol is available if you seek it out (some places will even deliver it to you with your pizza :). There are bars and night life in Mumbai that are fun, and feel free to get swept up in festival crowds in the earlier parts of the evening in major metropolitan areas. I never felt unsafe in Mumbai, but do not throw good traveler caution to the wind here.

Internet was spotty at times, but that may have just been my location. The internet tunnel I used worked, but YMMV. JIO was my phone provider of choice, and it seemed to work all across India. The city is historic and modern, slow and fast, very very rich, and desperately poor. Although prices here are higher relative to all other places in India, I will return to Mumbai (Bombay), and you should too... no one person can ever see it all.

5 years ago

Mumbai is a city in India. It is the capital of Maharashtra state, the most populous city in India and the 11th most populous city in the world, with a population of approximately 14.2 million. Mumbai is also the richest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South, West or Central Asia. It is also one of the fastest growing cities in the world.

It was originally a trading outpost of the Portuguese Empire, later taken over by the British East India Company. It served as the capital of the Bombay Presidency from the British colonial period until India's independence in 1947. Today, Mumbai is a bustling metropolis and the financial capital of India.

Mumbai is an alpha world city as per the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. It forms the financial capital of India and is one of the major commercial and business centres of India.

5 years ago

✅ Varied food options

✅ Good rideshare availability

✅ Safe for travelers

✅ Affordable to live

✅ Pretty safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm all year round

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Good air quality usually

✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Easy to do business

✅ Great hospitals

✅ Democratic

✅ Safe for women

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse

❌ Spotty internet

❌ Pricey compared to rest of India

❌ Freedom of speech is weak

❌ Not much to do

❌ Bad air quality today

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ Feels crowded

❌ Difficult to make friends

❌ Quality of education is low

❌ Roads can be dangerous

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Not family friendly

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels (median)

27°C / 81°F warm

28°C / 82°F warm

35°C / 95°F hot

39°C / 102°F hot

42°C / 108°F scorching

38°C / 100°F hot

34°C / 93°F hot

33°C / 91°F hot

34°C / 93°F hot

36°C / 97°F hot

35°C / 95°F hot

31°C / 88°F hot

Real (median)

26°C / 79°F
warm

27°C / 81°F
warm

32°C / 89°F
hot

32°C / 90°F
hot

30°C / 86°F
very warm

28°C / 82°F
very warm

30°C / 86°F
very warm

31°C / 87°F
hot

29°C / 83°F
very warm

Humidity

nice
61%

nice
53%

nice
52%

nice
69%

sweaty
73%

sweaty
85%

sweaty
90%

sweaty
86%

sweaty
90%

sweaty
73%

nice
65%

nice
64%

Most common

☀️ Clear

☔️ Rain

☀️ Clear

Rain

dry
0mm

dry
10mm

rainy
459mm

rainy
711mm

rainy
253mm

rainy
305mm

rainy
76mm

dry
4mm

dry
3mm

Cloud

pockets
15%

pockets
12%

pockets
11%

pockets
23%

pockets
31%

pockets
48%

cloudy
61%

cloudy
54%

cloudy
56%

pockets
26%

pockets
39%

pockets
16%

Air quality

bad
180 US AQI

bad
169 US AQI

bad
142 US AQI

okay
97 US AQI

okay
81 US AQI

okay
58 US AQI

okay
63 US AQI

okay
61 US AQI

okay
65 US AQI

bad
141 US AQI

bad
165 US AQI

bad
164 US AQI

Sun

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
9 UVI

avoid sun
11 UVI

avoid sun
10 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

Remote workers

911 people

815 people

900 people

689 people

523 people

543 people

617 people

427 people

689 people

657 people

714 people

813 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.

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 27° 81° 26° 78° AQI 114 😷

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76° AQI 92 😷

✈️4h

$1,299 / mo

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 30° 86° 29° 85° AQI 108 😷

✈️4h

$1,608 / mo

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌦 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82° 🥵

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

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👮 Safety great

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🌦 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 9° 48° 10° 51° AQI 66 😷

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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. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital 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	1.98/5 (Rank #384) 334 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍9 liked it 👎1 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $1,282 / mo
📡 Internet	😡 Slow: 14 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F (feels 29°C84°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 34%
❄️ % of buildings with AC	🥵 Very low: 5%
💨 Air quality (now)	😷 Unhealthy : 154 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Good: 64 US AQI
👌 Safety	Good
👩 Safe for women	Okay
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Bad
🤮 Food safety*	Good
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Good
🤝 Lack of racism*	Okay
🎓 Education level*	Low
⚡️ Power grid	Very bad
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Good
💰 Income level*	Very low: $142 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Okay
😤 People density	😤 Very dense: 30k ppl/km² (1 per 6x6m)
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Okay
🧳 Lost luggage*	Bad
🏥 Hospitals	Great
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Bad
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Okay
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Asia
🚩 Country	India
🗓️ Average trip length	8 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	14 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ 30°C 86°F + 😊 Comfy (34%) = feels 29°C 84°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👎☠️ 154 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👎😷 65 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay	North Central: Ward G/N
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood	East: Ward H/E
🚕 Best taxi app*	Ola
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 100 INR in USD	USD 1.11
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	INR 10,000 = USD 111
💸 Tipping	Yes, 7%
💳 Cashless	💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners)
💻 Best coworking space	youthapreneurs
💻 Best alt. coworking space	Bombay Connect
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	👍12% of visitors return
📸 Visitors per year	8,884,900 visitors
📸 Tourists now	170,279 tourists
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	12,000,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$1,706 / year
😤 Population density	😤 very crowded: 6x6m (36m²) per person
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 61% 👱‍♀️ 39%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 56% 👱‍♀️ 44%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 77% 👱‍♀️ 23%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Amazon
🏠 Apartment listings	Magicbricks
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	IndiGo
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Emirates

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$1,282 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$915 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,097 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$599 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$695 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$1,418 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$468 / month
🏠 Median home price	$345,203
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$33 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$46 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$153 / month
🍛 Dinner	$2
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$0
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$2
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$2
👩‍🏫 International school	$3,051 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$1 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$1 / trip