⭐️ Total score |
2.11/5 (Rank #978)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍2 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $987 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 7 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F (feels 34°C93°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 66%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 5%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 124 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$142 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Okay |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 30°C 86°F + 😊 Comfy (66%) = feels 34°C 93°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 125 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.14 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 114 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Coffee Day |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 87% 👱♀️ 13% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | 99Acres |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Indigo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Jet Airways |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $987 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $564 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $935 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $267 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $691 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,099 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $131 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $102,248 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $32 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $36 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $89 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,076 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $0 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ 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+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 20°C / 68°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 45°C / 113°F scorching | 46°C / 115°F scorching | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 34°C / 93°F hot | 27°C / 81°F warm | 22°C / 72°F mild |
Real (median) |
20°C / 67°F
mild |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
37°C / 98°F
hot |
34°C / 92°F
hot |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
Humidity |
nice 69% |
nice 56% |
too dry 25% |
too dry 14% |
nice 46% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 86% |
nice 65% |
nice 56% |
nice 57% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 0mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 5mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 306mm |
rainy 296mm |
rainy 169mm |
dry 39mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 6mm |
Cloud |
pockets 13% |
clear 5% |
clear 5% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 30% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 15% |
Air quality |
bad 219 US AQI |
bad 198 US AQI |
bad 184 US AQI |
bad 171 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 168 US AQI |
bad 241 US AQI |
bad 277 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 267 people | 311 people | 229 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 233 people | 200 people | 233 people | 325 people | 257 people |
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