| ⭐️ Total score |
2.22/5 (Rank #623)
|
| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,444 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 4 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 32°C90°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 81%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 20 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 18 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Great
|
| 💰 Income level* |
High:
$2,245 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Brunei |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (81%) = feels 32°C 90°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 20 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 19 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 BND in USD | USD 7.67 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BND 100 = USD 77 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Truesynergy |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 259,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 4,964 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 27,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $26,939 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Royal Brunei Airline |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Royal Brunei Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | JPMC |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,444 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $876 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,218 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $634 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $769 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,167 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $441 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $191,989 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $38 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $268 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.38 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $11,922 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $15 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $9 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 36°C / 97°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 38°C / 100°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 40°C / 104°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot |
| Real (median) |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
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 |
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 89% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 87% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 173mm |
rainy 117mm |
rainy 101mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 158mm |
rainy 192mm |
rainy 185mm |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 205mm |
rainy 286mm |
rainy 244mm |
rainy 222mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 56% |
| Air quality |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 14 US AQI |
clean 15 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 400 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people |
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