⭐️ Total score |
2.16/5 (Rank #888)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $739 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 7 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 32°C89°F (feels 38°C100°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 60%
|
❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 9%
|
👌 Safety |
Good
|
👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$298 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Indonesia |
🗓️ Average trip length | 16 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 32°C 89°F + 😊 Comfy (60%) = feels 38°C 100°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 6.04 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 1,000,000 = USD 60 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,570 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 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 | $739 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $458 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $780 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $223 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $231 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $906 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $144 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $24,147 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $11 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $30 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $176 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $2,898 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $13 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ 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) | 36°C / 97°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot |
Real (median) |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
Humidity |
sweaty 96% |
sweaty 97% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 90% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
rainy 407mm |
rainy 369mm |
rainy 327mm |
rainy 229mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 22mm |
dry 22mm |
rainy 134mm |
rainy 289mm |
rainy 309mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 59% |
Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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