⭐️ Total score |
2.84/5 (Rank #110)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $847 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 10 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C87°F (feels 35°C95°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 71%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 9%
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$298 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 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 | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 30°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (71%) = feels 35°C 95°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 6.13 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 1,000,000 = USD 61 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,570 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
⛪️ 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 | $847 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $688 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,808 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $517 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $240 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $854 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $398 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $36,759 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $11 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $127 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,597 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $13 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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) | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot |
Real (median) |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
Humidity |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 87% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
rainy 441mm |
rainy 396mm |
rainy 198mm |
rainy 158mm |
rainy 101mm |
rainy 93mm |
rainy 120mm |
rainy 54mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 111mm |
rainy 283mm |
rainy 434mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 62% |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
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avoid sun 8 UVI |
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avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
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