| ⭐️ Total score |
3.1/5 (Rank #91)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,107 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 24 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 24°C75°F (feels 24°C75°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 47%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Low: 37%
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 57 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Bad
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$493 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Good |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Thailand |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 24°C 75°F + 😊 Comfy (47%) = feels 24°C 75°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 57 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 THB in USD | USD 3.20 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | THB 10,000 = USD 320 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 5% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | True Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎3% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 70,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,911 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $1,107 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $603 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,331 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $380 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $559 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $983 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $236 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $89,554 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $26 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $32 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $286 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $8,001 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $4 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not much to do
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 28°C / 82°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 34°C / 93°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 25°C / 77°F warm |
| Real (median) |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 72% |
nice 63% |
nice 42% |
nice 67% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 90% |
nice 77% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 15mm |
dry 17mm |
dry 20mm |
rainy 129mm |
rainy 165mm |
rainy 304mm |
rainy 389mm |
rainy 392mm |
rainy 340mm |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 52mm |
dry 4mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 27% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 23% |
| Air quality |
okay 93 US AQI |
bad 134 US AQI |
bad 168 US AQI |
bad 182 US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
bad 255 US AQI |
okay 57* US AQI |
okay 57* US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 500 people | 356 people | 400 people | 240 people | 360 people | 275 people | 320 people | 360 people | 200 people | 280 people | 520 people | 500 people |
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