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| ⭐️ Total score | 84 reviews |
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| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 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 | India |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 26°C 78°F + 😊 Comfy (86%) = feels 29°C 84°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 65 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 66 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.14 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 114 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | The Startup Center |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 5,186,300 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 99,395 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 6,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 8x8m (64m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 90% 👱♀️ 10% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Magicbricks |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | IndiGo |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,312 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $595 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,092 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $312 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,090 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,170 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $171 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $102,495 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $51 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $38 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $274 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $1,423 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ 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) | 32°C / 90°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 36°C / 97°F hot | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 40°C / 104°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot |
| Real (median) |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 69% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 75% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 17mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 39mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 74mm |
rainy 116mm |
rainy 116mm |
rainy 234mm |
rainy 235mm |
rainy 61mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 35% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 40% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 31% |
| Air quality |
bad 137 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 75 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
bad 107 US AQI |
bad 114 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 291 people | 280 people | 333 people | 300 people | 314 people | 320 people | 300 people | 280 people | 300 people | 333 people | 267 people | 325 people |
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