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| ⭐️ Total score | 2 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Indonesia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 29 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 31°C 88°F + 🥵 Sweaty (78%) = feels 40°C 104°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 96 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 6.17 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 1,000,000 = USD 62 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,570 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Tokopedia |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Garuda |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,143 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $880 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,900 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $543 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $270 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,571 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $401 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $27,773 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $13 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $51 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $207 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 35°C / 95°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 39°C / 102°F hot | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 39°C / 102°F hot | 40°C / 104°F hot | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 38°C / 100°F hot |
| Real (median) |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 96% |
sweaty 96% |
sweaty 94% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 96% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 248mm |
rainy 240mm |
rainy 329mm |
rainy 259mm |
rainy 206mm |
rainy 112mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 194mm |
rainy 307mm |
rainy 338mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 60% |
| Air quality |
okay 76 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 96** US AQI |
okay 96** US AQI |
okay 96** US AQI |
okay 96** US AQI |
okay 96** US AQI |
bad 313 US AQI |
okay 96** US AQI |
okay 96** US AQI |
okay 96** US AQI |
okay 96** US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 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 |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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