⭐️ Total score |
2.17/5 (Rank #748)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $902 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 16 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 31°C88°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 76%
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👌 Safety |
Good
|
👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Good
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$326 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 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 |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Sri Lanka |
🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 16 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (76%) = feels 31°C 88°F
|
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 1,000 LKR in USD | USD 3.31 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LKR 100,000 = USD 331 |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Natural Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 110,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,910 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 23% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $902 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $522 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $799 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $228 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $418 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,201 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $343 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $148,815 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $20 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $39 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $170 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $761 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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) | 25°C / 77°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 29°C / 84°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm |
Real (median) |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
Humidity |
nice 93% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 91% |
nice 85% |
nice 87% |
nice 87% |
nice 86% |
nice 92% |
nice 95% |
sweaty 85% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
rainy 88mm |
dry 42mm |
rainy 131mm |
rainy 194mm |
rainy 164mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 99mm |
rainy 116mm |
rainy 132mm |
rainy 266mm |
rainy 366mm |
rainy 93mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 40% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 41% |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 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 |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 325 people | 525 people | 325 people | 300 people | 250 people | 300 people | 350 people | 200 people | 350 people | 280 people | 280 people | 280 people |
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