| ⭐️ Total score |
2.73/5 (Rank #439)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍3 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,290 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 10 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C83°F (feels 32°C90°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 83%
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| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Good
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$326 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Bad |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Sri Lanka |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (83%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 LKR in USD | USD 3.23 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LKR 100,000 = USD 323 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Old Railway Cafe |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Lemongrass Cafe |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Nomad Trails Thalpe Station |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎3% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 99,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,910 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 73% 👱♀️ 27% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Teaching Hospital Mahamodara |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,290 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $657 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,036 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $296 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $775 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,296 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $370 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $161,699 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $43 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $208 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $1,294 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $0 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Friendly people
✅ Great food options
✅ Fun things to do
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Unstable internet
❌ Frequent power outages
❌ Poor coffee scene
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 33°C / 91°F hot |
| Real (median) |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 85% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
dry 37mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 157mm |
rainy 290mm |
rainy 280mm |
rainy 227mm |
rainy 219mm |
rainy 251mm |
rainy 273mm |
rainy 259mm |
rainy 157mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 40% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 41% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 325 people | 525 people | 343 people | 367 people | 0 people | 200 people | 440 people | 200 people | 200 people | 229 people | 267 people | 433 people |
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