| ⭐️ Total score |
2.14/5 (Rank #874)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $716 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 6 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F (feels 36°C97°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 76%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 9%
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$298 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Indonesia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 16 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (76%) = feels 36°C 97°F
|
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 5.99 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 10,000,000 = USD 599 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,570 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Tokopedia |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Garuda |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $716 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $437 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $775 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $221 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $229 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $829 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $143 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $23,976 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $11 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $27 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $175 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $2,876 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $13 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 36°C / 97°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot |
| Real (median) |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 96% |
sweaty 97% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 90% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 407mm |
rainy 369mm |
rainy 327mm |
rainy 229mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 22mm |
dry 22mm |
rainy 134mm |
rainy 289mm |
rainy 309mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 59% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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