 
							
											
					| ⭐️ Total score | 2.77/5 (Rank #180) | 
| ❤️ Liked by members | 
																						👍1 liked it  👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score | Okay | 
| 👶 Family score | Okay | 
| 🎒 Community score | Okay | 
| 💵 Cost | 
																						😙 Affordable: $1,375 / mo
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| 📡 Internet | 
																						😡 Slow: 12 Mbps (avg) | 
| 😝 Fun | Okay | 
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | 
																						🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 34°C93°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) | 
										🥵 Sweaty: 80%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | 
																								😊 High: 80%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 
																								😐 Moderate: 57 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) | 
																								🌱 Good: 60 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety | Okay | 
| 👩 Safe for women | Okay | 
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | Bad | 
| 🤮 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
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| 🙊 English speaking* | Okay | 
| 🚶 Walkability | Great | 
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad | 
| ✈️ Airline scores* | Good | 
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | Good | 
| 🏥 Hospitals | Okay | 
| 😄 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 | Malaysia | 
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days | 
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps | 
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 34°C 93°F | 
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 57 US AQI 🍃 OK | 
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 61 US AQI | 
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz | 
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |  | 
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing | 
| 💸 10 MYR in USD | USD 2.39 | 
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MYR 1,000 = USD 239 | 
| 💸 Tipping | No | 
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | 
| ☕️ Best coffee place | San Francisco Coffee | 
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Incubator4U | 
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | 
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return | 
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 660,000 people | 
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $9,508 / year | 
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% | 
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes | 
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious | 
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada | 
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb | 
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia | 
| 🏥 Best hospital | KMC MEDICAL CENTRE | 
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,375 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $837 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,779 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $508 / month | 
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $764 / month | 
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,246 / month | 
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $280 / month | 
| 🏠 Median home price | $71,471 | 
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night | 
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $41 / night | 
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $187 / month | 
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 | 
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 | 
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 | 
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 | 
| 👩🏫 International school | $3,753 / year | 
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $6 / month | 
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip | 
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ 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
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Roads are very 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) | 30°C / 86°F warm | 36°C / 97°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 
| Real (median) | 26°C / 79°F warm | 30°C / 85°F very warm | 29°C / 84°F very warm | 29°C / 84°F very warm | 29°C / 84°F very warm | 29°C / 84°F very warm | 29°C / 84°F very warm | 29°C / 83°F very warm | 29°C / 83°F very warm | 29°C / 84°F very warm | 28°C / 82°F very warm | 28°C / 82°F very warm | 
| Humidity | nice 92% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 91% | sweaty 92% | sweaty 94% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 92% | sweaty 90% | sweaty 90% | sweaty 95% | sweaty 90% | 
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | 
| Rain | rainy 201mm | rainy 95mm | rainy 206mm | rainy 235mm | rainy 185mm | rainy 96mm | rainy 96mm | rainy 117mm | rainy 170mm | rainy 252mm | rainy 327mm | rainy 287mm | 
| Cloud | cloudy 55% | pockets 36% | pockets 45% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 51% | 
| Air quality | okay 50 US AQI | okay 61* US AQI | okay 61* US AQI | okay 61* US AQI | okay 61* US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | okay 80 US AQI | okay 54 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | 
| Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | 
| Remote workers | 300 people | 360 people | 280 people | 400 people | 267 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 286 people | 
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