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⭐️ Total score
2.09/5 (Rank #1000)
2 reviews
👍 Quality of life score
Okay
👶 Family score
Bad
🎒 Community score
Okay
💵 Cost
😝 Cheap: $974 / mo
📡 Internet
😡 Slow: 9 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun
Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)
🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 32°C90°F)
💦 Humidity (now)
🥵 Sweaty: 78%
❄️ % of buildings with AC
🥵 Very low: 5%
💨 Air quality (annual)
😷 Unhealthy for some: 115 US AQI
👌 Safety
Good
👩 Safe for women
Bad
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+
Bad
🤮 Food safety*
Good
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*
Good
🤝 Lack of racism*
Okay
🎓 Education level*
Low
⚡️ Power grid
Very bad
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change
Good
💰 Income level*
Very low: $142 / mo
🙊 English speaking*
Okay
🚶 Walkability
Okay
🚦 Traffic safety*
Bad
✈️ Airline scores*
Okay
🧳 Lost luggage*
Bad
😄 Happiness*
Bad
🍸 Nightlife
Bad
📶 Free WiFi in city
Okay
🖥 Places to work from
Great
❄️ A/C or heating
Good
😁 Friendly to foreigners
Okay
🗯 Freedom of speech*
Okay
🎅 Startup Score
Bad
* Values derived from national statistics, might differ from the city itself. Last updated: 2025-11-04T08:06:00+00:00


🌍 Continent Asia
🚩 Country India
📡 Internet speed (avg) 9 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now) 🌦 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (78%) = feels 32°C 90°F
💨 Air quality (annual avg) 👎☠️ 115 US AQI  =  🚬 🚬 / day
🔌 Power 230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app* Ola
🚑 Travel medical insurance Safetywing
💸 100 INR in USD USD 1.13
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: INR 10,000 = USD 113
💸 Tipping Yes, 7%
💳 Cashless 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners)
☕️ Best coffee place Cafe Coffee Day
🚰 Tap water 🚫 No, not drinkable
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population 1,100,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita* $1,706 / year
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed Yes
⛪️ Religious government Religious
💻 Online electronics shop Amazon
🏠 Apartment listings 99Acres
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier Indigo
✈️ Best int'l air carrier Jet Airways
💵 Cost of living for nomad $974 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat $621 / month
💵 Cost of living for family $765 / month
💵 Cost of living for local $219 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price) $504 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price) $1,455 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center $416 / month
🏠 Median home price $52,974
🏨 Hotel (median price) $24 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price) $48 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk $77 / month
🍛 Dinner $2
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) $0
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) $2
☕️ Coffee in cafe $1
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) $2 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) $1 / trip
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✅ Very cheap to live

✅ Pretty safe

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm all year round

✅ Good air quality today

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Easy to do business

✅ Democratic

✅ People can speak basic English

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse

❌ Freedom of speech is weak

❌ Pretty slow internet

❌ Not much to do

❌ Very sweaty and humid now

❌ Difficult to make friends

❌ Quality of education is low

❌ Hospitals are bad

❌ Roads can be dangerous

❌ Not safe for women

❌ Not family friendly

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels (median) 34°C / 93°F hot 33°C / 91°F hot 37°C / 99°F hot 38°C / 100°F hot 36°C / 97°F hot 33°C / 91°F hot 34°C / 93°F hot 32°C / 90°F hot 33°C / 91°F hot 34°C / 93°F hot 33°C / 91°F hot 33°C / 91°F hot
Real (median) 29°C / 84°F
very warm 		29°C / 84°F
very warm 		30°C / 86°F
very warm 		30°C / 86°F
very warm 		29°C / 84°F
very warm 		28°C / 82°F
very warm 		28°C / 82°F
very warm 		27°C / 81°F
warm 		28°C / 82°F
very warm 		28°C / 82°F
very warm 		28°C / 82°F
very warm 		29°C / 84°F
very warm
Humidity sweaty
80% 		sweaty
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78% 		sweaty
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88% 		sweaty
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90% 		sweaty
91% 		sweaty
89% 		sweaty
90% 		sweaty
89% 		sweaty
73%
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Rain dry
12mm 		dry
29mm 		rainy
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169mm 		rainy
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288mm 		rainy
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262mm 		rainy
187mm 		rainy
63mm
Cloud pockets
38% 		pockets
24% 		pockets
29% 		pockets
41% 		cloudy
55% 		cloudy
57% 		cloudy
59% 		cloudy
60% 		cloudy
56% 		cloudy
58% 		cloudy
60% 		pockets
28%
Sun avoid sun
8 UVI 		avoid sun
10 UVI 		avoid sun
10 UVI 		avoid sun
8 UVI 		avoid sun
6 UVI 		avoid sun
6 UVI 		seek shade
5 UVI 		avoid sun
6 UVI 		avoid sun
6 UVI 		avoid sun
6 UVI 		avoid sun
6 UVI 		avoid sun
8 UVI
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