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| ⭐️ Total score | 201 reviews |
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| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
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| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Laos |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (71%) = feels 23°C 73°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 42 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 34 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100,000 LAK in USD | USD 4.57 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LAK 10,000,000 = USD 457 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Toh Lao |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe France |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 210,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,339 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | ImmoLaos |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $917 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $769 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,536 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $439 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $660 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,378 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $494 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $31 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $45 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $73 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $0 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | 0 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $0.00 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | 0 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | 0 / trip |
✅ Beautiful small city
✅ Decently priced accommodation and restaurants
✅ Friendly locals with good English
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Less developed than other Thai cities
❌ Not worth multiple visits for tourists
❌ Mostly a backpacker hub
❌ Expensive for Laos
❌ Slow and unstable internet
❌ Basic food quality
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
79
26° warm |
82
28° warm |
90
32° hot |
91
33° hot |
95
35° hot |
86
30° warm |
86
30° warm |
90
32° hot |
86
30° warm |
84
29° warm |
82
28° warm |
79
26° warm |
| Real |
80
27°
warm |
84
29°
very warm |
91
33°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
93
34°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
89
32°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
81
27°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 30% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 27% |
nice 33% |
nice 34% |
nice 41% |
nice 42% |
nice 40% |
nice 43% |
nice 40% |
nice 34% |
nice 32% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 1mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 38mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 235mm |
rainy 314mm |
rainy 361mm |
rainy 376mm |
rainy 307mm |
rainy 107mm |
dry 21mm |
dry 1mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 12% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 19% |
| Air quality |
bad 110 US AQI |
clean 34* US AQI |
clean 34* US AQI |
clean 34* US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 489 people | 356 people | 380 people | 444 people | 600 people | 200 people | 356 people | 300 people | 400 people | 556 people | 418 people |
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