| ⭐️ Total score |
2.68/5 (Rank #282)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍5 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,208 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 19 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 34°C93°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 76%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Low: 37%
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| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Bad
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$493 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Good |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Thailand |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 19 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (76%) = feels 34°C 93°F
|
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 THB in USD | USD 3.06 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | THB 10,000 = USD 306 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 5% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Lanna Cafe Kohchang |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 5,400 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,911 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 76% 👱♀️ 24% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | 9 Apartment |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,208 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,536 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,828 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $808 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $924 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,404 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $646 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $260,018 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $43 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $79 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $253 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Very chill
✅ Beautiful beaches
✅ Authentic local villages
✅ Remote and peaceful
✅ Lots of nature
✅ 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
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Power and internet outages in rainy season
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 28°C / 82°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm |
| Real (median) |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
nice 65% |
nice 70% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 73% |
nice 64% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 18mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 429mm |
rainy 570mm |
rainy 628mm |
rainy 535mm |
rainy 628mm |
rainy 281mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 24mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 28% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 33% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 400 people | 311 people | 400 people | 300 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 286 people | 250 people | 200 people |
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