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| ๐ก Internet | |
| ๐ Fun | |
| โ ๏ธ Temperature (now) | |
| ๐ฆ Humidity (now) | |
| ๐จ Air quality (now) | |
| ๐ Safety | |
| ๐ฉ Safe for women | |
| ๐ Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| ๐คฎ Food safety* | |
| ๐ฎโโ๏ธ Lack of crime* | |
| ๐ค Lack of racism* | |
| ๐ Education level* | |
| โก๏ธ Power grid | |
| ๐ Resilience to climate change | |
| ๐ฐ Income level* | |
| ๐ English speaking* | |
| ๐ถ Walkability | |
| ๐ฆ Traffic safety* | |
| โ๏ธ Airline scores* | |
| ๐งณ Lost luggage* | |
| ๐ Happiness* | |
| ๐ธ Nightlife | |
| ๐ถ Free WiFi in city | |
| ๐ฅ Places to work from | |
| โ๏ธ A/C or heating | |
| ๐ Friendly to foreigners | |
| ๐ฏ Freedom of speech* | |
| ๐ Startup Score |
| ๐ Continent | Asia |
| ๐ฉ Country | Sri Lanka |
| ๐๏ธ Average trip length | 10 days |
| ๐ก Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| โ ๏ธ Weather (now) |
๐ฅ 31ยฐC 87ยฐF + ๐ฅต Sweaty (87%) = feels 41ยฐC 106ยฐF
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| ๐จ Air quality (now) | ๐ 26 US AQI ๐ OK |
| ๐ Power | 230V 50Hz |
| ๐ Best taxi app* |
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| ๐ Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| ๐ธ 1,000 LKR in USD | USD 3.01 |
| ๐ง Suggested ATM take out: | LKR 100,000 = USD 301 |
| ๐ณ Cashless | ๐ต No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| โ๏ธ Best coffee place | Bites |
| ๐ฐ Tap water | ๐ซ No, not drinkable |
| ๐ฆท Fluoride added | ๐ซ No fluoride added |
| ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ Population | 810,000 people |
| ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ GDP per capita* | $5,002 / year |
| ๐ซ Gender ratio (nomads) |
๐จ 83% ๐ฑโโ๏ธ 17% |
| โช๏ธ Religious government | Non-religious |
| ๐ Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| โ๏ธ Best int'l air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
| ๐ต Cost of living for nomad | $884 / month |
| ๐ต Cost of living for expat | $542 / month |
| ๐ต Cost of living for family | $216 / month |
| ๐ต Cost of living for local | $62 / month |
| ๐จ Hotel (median price) | $889 / month |
| ๐ก Airbnb (median price) | $1,880 / month |
| ๐ 1br studio rent in center | $537 / month |
| ๐ Median home price | $225,750 |
| ๐จ Hotel (median price) | $42 / night |
| ๐ Airbnb (median price) | $62 / night |
| ๐ข Coworking hot desk | $11 / month |
| ๐ Dinner | $1 |
| ๐ฅค Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| ๐บ Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $0 |
| โ๏ธ Coffee in cafe | $0 |
โ Very cheap to live
โ Pretty safe
โ Lots of fun stuff to do
โ Warm now
โ Warm all year round
โ Good air quality on average
โ Spacious and not crowded
โ Easy to do business
โ High quality of education
โ Roads are pretty safe
โ Democratic
โ Not many people smoke tobacco
โ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
โ Freedom of speech is weak
โ Pretty slow internet
โ Very sweaty and humid now
โ Hospitals are bad
โ People don't speak English well
โ Not safe for women
โ Not family friendly
โ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
โ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3290ยฐ hot |
3188ยฐ hot |
3290ยฐ hot |
3595ยฐ hot |
38100ยฐ hot |
3799ยฐ hot |
3697ยฐ hot |
3493ยฐ hot |
3799ยฐ hot |
3595ยฐ hot |
3391ยฐ hot |
3188ยฐ hot |
| Real (median) |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 86% |
| Most common | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Clear | โ๏ธ Clear | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Clear | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 92mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 158mm |
rainy 275mm |
rainy 155mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 67% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 800 people | 900 people | 800 people | 600 people | 800 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people |
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