| ⭐️ Total score |
2.64/5 (Rank #296)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,382 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 4 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 19°C66°F (feels 19°C66°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 32%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 8%
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 114 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Low |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$122 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Okay |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Pakistan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 19°C 66°F + 😊 Comfy (32%) = feels 19°C 66°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 114 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 PKR in USD | USD 3.55 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PKR 100,000 = USD 355 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Mocca Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,462 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 58% 👱♀️ 42% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | OLX |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Pakistan International Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Pakistan International Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Islamabad Private Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,382 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $565 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $891 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $255 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,297 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,287 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $368 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $88,459 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $61 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $42 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $323 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $812 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ 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+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 13°C / 55°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 34°C / 93°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 24°C / 75°F warm | 15°C / 59°F cool | 15°C / 59°F cool |
| Real (median) |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
32°C / 89°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
15°C / 58°F
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 46% |
nice 42% |
nice 49% |
nice 41% |
nice 40% |
nice 37% |
nice 59% |
nice 67% |
nice 65% |
nice 49% |
nice 37% |
nice 40% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
dry 49mm |
dry 15mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 92mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 170mm |
rainy 176mm |
rainy 72mm |
dry 29mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 28mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 13% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 16% |
clear 4% |
clear 4% |
pockets 16% |
| Air quality |
bad 140 US AQI |
bad 267 US AQI |
bad 267 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 97 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
bad 114 US AQI |
bad 114 US AQI |
bad 131 US AQI |
bad 186 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 280 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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