⭐️ Total score |
2.95/5 (Rank #48)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,553 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 19 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 33°C91°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 71%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Low: 37%
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👩 Safe for women |
Great |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
🤮 Food safety* |
Bad
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$493 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Good |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Thailand |
🗓️ Average trip length | 16 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 19 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (71%) = feels 33°C 91°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 THB in USD | USD 3.09 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | THB 10,000 = USD 309 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 5% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | KoHub |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 20,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,911 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,553 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,229 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,899 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $828 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $676 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,701 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $646 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $262,983 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $32 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $56 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $149 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot |
Real (median) |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
Humidity |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 81% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 41mm |
dry 10mm |
rainy 52mm |
rainy 149mm |
rainy 271mm |
rainy 214mm |
rainy 258mm |
rainy 289mm |
rainy 308mm |
rainy 311mm |
rainy 224mm |
rainy 108mm |
Cloud |
pockets 40% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 32% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 41% |
Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 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 |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 1,080 people | 1,550 people | 1,618 people | 831 people | 500 people | 440 people | 250 people | 300 people | 750 people | 686 people | 985 people | 1,073 people |
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