⭐️ Total score |
2.39/5 (Rank #477)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,898 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 7 Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 20°C69°F (feels 21°C70°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 77%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy : 162 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Great
|
👩 Safe for women |
Good |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$231 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Bhutan |
🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 20°C 69°F + 😊 Comfy (77%) = feels 21°C 70°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 162 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 BTN in USD | USD 1.13 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BTN 10,000 = USD 113 |
💻 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 | $1,898 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,378 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,726 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $493 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $963 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,378 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $965 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $90,212 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $45 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $111 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $79 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $9 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $733 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $4 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm 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 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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