⭐️ Total score |
2.74/5 (Rank #289)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍2 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,171 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 10Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 24°C75°F (feels 24°C75°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 30%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy : 179 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 84 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$142 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
😤 People density |
🤨 Busy: 11k ppl/km² (1 per 9x9m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Okay |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Bad |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 24°C 75°F + 🌵 Too dry (30%) = feels 24°C 75°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 179 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 85 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Ola |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.18 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 118 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 2,550,400 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 48,878 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 4,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 9x9m (81m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% |
🏞 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 | $1,171 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $510 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,011 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $289 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $970 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $851 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $136 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $45 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $226 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,534 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ 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 |
73
23° mild |
79
26° warm |
90
32° hot |
95
35° hot |
93
34° hot |
93
34° hot |
91
33° hot |
91
33° hot |
88
31° hot |
88
31° hot |
81
27° warm |
75
24° warm |
Real |
73
23°
mild |
82
28°
very warm |
92
34°
hot |
94
35°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
89
32°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
74
24°
warm |
Humidity |
too dry 29% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 28% |
nice 33% |
nice 39% |
nice 47% |
nice 48% |
nice 48% |
nice 48% |
nice 43% |
nice 33% |
nice 33% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 125mm |
rainy 287mm |
rainy 374mm |
rainy 310mm |
rainy 258mm |
rainy 159mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 5mm |
Cloud |
pockets 14% |
clear 7% |
pockets 11% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 35% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 22% |
Air quality |
bad 234 US AQI |
bad 187 US AQI |
bad 153 US AQI |
bad 111 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
okay 79 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
bad 132 US AQI |
bad 209 US AQI |
bad 218 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 325 people | 257 people | 280 people | 257 people | 240 people | 233 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 333 people | 200 people | 300 people |
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