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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 270 reviews |
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| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
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| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Laos |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (89%) = feels 33°C 91°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 23 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100,000 LAK in USD | USD 4.43 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LAK 10,000,000 = USD 443 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Joma Bakery Café |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 56,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,339 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,012 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $769 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,393 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $398 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $645 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,567 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $452 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $15,517 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $51 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $172 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $0 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | 0 |
✅ Beautiful small city
✅ Decently priced accommodation and dining
✅ Good for remote work with reliable WiFi
✅ Relaxed, not crowded atmosphere
✅ English-speaking locals
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ More of a backpacker hub than a destination
❌ Limited duration of stay recommended
❌ Perceived as expensive for Laos
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2272° mild |
2882° warm |
3188° hot |
3595° hot |
38100° hot |
38100° hot |
3595° hot |
3595° hot |
3595° hot |
2984° warm |
2577° warm |
2272° mild |
| Real (median) |
2272°
mild |
2679°
warm |
2984°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3188°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
2577°
warm |
2272°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 66% |
nice 64% |
nice 56% |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 81% |
nice 81% |
nice 78% |
nice 70% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 3mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 42mm |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 132mm |
rainy 182mm |
rainy 273mm |
rainy 286mm |
rainy 206mm |
rainy 78mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 3mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 21% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 23% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,720 people | 2,200 people | 1,450 people | 1,125 people | 1,457 people | 1,200 people | 646 people | 960 people | 927 people | 1,145 people | 1,477 people | 1,662 people |
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