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| ⭐️ Total score | 12 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Bhutan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 12°C 54°F + 😊 Comfy (56%) = feels 12°C 54°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 162 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 BTN in USD | USD 1.11 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BTN 10,000 = USD 111 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | WorkSpace Thimphu |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 255,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 4,887 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 120,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,774 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 57% 👱♀️ 43% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Bhutan Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Bhutan Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | JDWNRH |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,657 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,145 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,700 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $486 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $949 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,479 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $708 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $88,857 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $44 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $81 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $78 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $9 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $722 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $4 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Cold now
❌ Cold all year round
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 3°C / 37°F cold | 3°C / 37°F cold | 8°C / 46°F cold | 12°C / 54°F cool | 14°C / 57°F cool | 16°C / 61°F cool | 15°C / 59°F cool | 15°C / 59°F cool | 7°C / 45°F cold | 10°C / 50°F cold | 3°C / 37°F cold | 6°C / 43°F cold |
| Real (median) |
3°C / 37°F
very cold |
3°C / 37°F
very cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
12°C / 53°F
cool |
14°C / 57°F
cool |
16°C / 60°F
cool |
15°C / 60°F
cool |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
7°C / 44°F
cold |
10°C / 50°F
cool |
3°C / 37°F
very cold |
6°C / 42°F
very cold |
| Humidity |
too dry 0% |
too dry 0% |
too dry 0% |
too dry 0% |
too dry 0% |
too dry 0% |
too dry 0% |
too dry 0% |
too dry 0% |
too dry 0% |
too dry 0% |
too dry 0% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | |||||
| Rain |
dry 40mm |
rainy 54mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 193mm |
rainy 246mm |
rainy 180mm |
rainy 133mm |
rainy 77mm |
dry 42mm |
dry 36mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 14% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 12% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 36% |
clear 0% |
clear 0% |
clear 0% |
clear 0% |
clear 0% |
pockets 19% |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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