⭐️ Total score |
3.31/5 (Rank #5)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍24 liked it 👎4 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Good |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,411 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 18Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 33°C91°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 86%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 57 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 39 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Low:
$792 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 17x17m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Malaysia |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 18 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (86%) = feels 33°C 91°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 57 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 40 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Petaling Selatan |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Bukit Nanas |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 MYR in USD | USD 2.26 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MYR 1,000 = USD 226 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | PAPER + TOAST |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Nook |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍17% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 12,843,500 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 246,145 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,800,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $9,508 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 17x17m (289m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
🏠 Apartment listings | Ibilik |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Malaysia |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,411 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $998 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,671 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $763 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $633 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,013 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $525 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $33 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $168 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $8,676 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Very affordable
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good infrastructure
✅ Convenient for expats
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here
✅ Many Nomads.com members here all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Family friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Boring city
❌ Can feel unsafe, especially at night
❌ Overly reliant on malls
❌ Difficult logistics (traffic, walkability, public transport)
❌ Limited nomad community
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
93
34° hot |
99
37° hot |
99
37° hot |
99
37° hot |
102
39° hot |
97
36° hot |
93
34° hot |
93
34° hot |
99
37° hot |
97
36° hot |
95
35° hot |
91
33° hot |
Real |
83
29°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
85
30°
very warm |
85
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
85
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
83
29°
very warm |
85
30°
very warm |
85
30°
very warm |
83
29°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
Humidity |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 86% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
rainy 184mm |
rainy 89mm |
rainy 291mm |
rainy 310mm |
rainy 279mm |
rainy 165mm |
rainy 181mm |
rainy 221mm |
rainy 268mm |
rainy 278mm |
rainy 370mm |
rainy 330mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 58% |
Air quality |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 42 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 58 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 3,737 people | 3,588 people | 3,888 people | 2,811 people | 3,492 people | 2,168 people | 2,827 people | 2,325 people | 2,675 people | 2,553 people | 3,214 people | 2,911 people |
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