⭐️ Total score |
2.66/5 (Rank #281)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍12 liked it 👎10 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Good |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $999 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 12 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C87°F (feels 39°C102°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 74%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😊 High: 75%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
☠️ Very unhealthy: 500 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 69 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 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 |
Great
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$181 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 9k ppl/km² (1 per 10x10m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Vietnam |
🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 31°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (74%) = feels 39°C 102°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 500 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 69 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | District 10: Ward 12 |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Binh Chanh District: Binh Hung Ward |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100,000 VND in USD | USD 3.80 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | VND 10,000,000 = USD 380 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Start Saigon |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | The Hive |
☕️ Best coffee place | Lusine Space |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 5,500,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 105,407 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,400,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,171 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 10x10m (100m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 57% 👱♀️ 43% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Nguyen Kim |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Etihad |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $999 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $725 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,831 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $523 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $458 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $935 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $421 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $189,751 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $21 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $31 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $144 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $13,274 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $6 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Very affordable
✅ Good nightlife
✅ Fast internet
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Many Nomads.com members here all year round
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ Polluted
❌ Not walkable
❌ Unfriendly locals
❌ Poor quality infrastructure
❌ Dating culture mismatch
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ 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 | 36°C / 97°F hot | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 38°C / 100°F hot | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 40°C / 104°F hot | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 39°C / 102°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot |
Real (median) |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
Humidity |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 73% |
nice 70% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 94% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 77% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 9mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 207mm |
rainy 154mm |
rainy 252mm |
rainy 251mm |
rainy 325mm |
rainy 282mm |
rainy 149mm |
dry 37mm |
Cloud |
pockets 38% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 42% |
Air quality |
bad 105 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 70 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
okay 96 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 2,558 people | 2,624 people | 2,920 people | 2,671 people | 2,077 people | 1,760 people | 1,747 people | 1,900 people | 1,550 people | 2,053 people | 2,356 people | 2,975 people |
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