| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.24/5 (Rank #361)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,298 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 5 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C85°F (feels 29°C84°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 33%
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| 👌 Safety |
Bad
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Low |
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$195 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Laos |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 30°C 85°F + 😊 Comfy (33%) = feels 29°C 84°F
|
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 100,000 LAK in USD | USD 4.55 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LAK 10,000,000 = USD 455 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee Inn |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎4% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 25,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,339 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | ImmoLaos |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Vietnam |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,298 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,095 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,019 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $577 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $542 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,941 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $529 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $12,289 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $25 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $64 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $88 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2272° mild |
2475° warm |
3086° warm |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3188° hot |
3188° hot |
3188° hot |
3290° hot |
2984° warm |
2577° warm |
2373° mild |
| Real (median) |
2272°
mild |
2475°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2576°
warm |
2373°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 70% |
nice 67% |
nice 63% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 97% |
sweaty 94% |
sweaty 94% |
sweaty 89% |
nice 87% |
nice 84% |
nice 70% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
dry 9mm |
dry 21mm |
dry 48mm |
rainy 98mm |
rainy 304mm |
rainy 474mm |
rainy 494mm |
rainy 527mm |
rainy 368mm |
rainy 133mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 16mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 13% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 20% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,275 people | 1,200 people | 857 people | 900 people | 960 people | 720 people | 600 people | 840 people | 750 people | 675 people | 1,000 people | 750 people |
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