3.24/5
107 reviews
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Vang Vieng

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✅ Affordable to live

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm all year round

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Safe for women

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

❌ No freedom of speech

❌ No democracy

❌ Not very safe

❌ Pretty slow internet

❌ Not much to do

❌ 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

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Marijuana is illegal

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Feels (median)

2272°
mild

2475°
warm

3086°
warm

3290°
hot

3188°
hot

3290°
hot

2984°
warm

2577°
warm

2373°
mild

Real (median)

2272°
mild

2475°
warm

2882°
very warm

2679°
warm

2780°
warm

2781°
warm

2679°
warm

2576°
warm

2373°
mild

Humidity

nice
70%

nice
67%

nice
63%

sweaty
80%

sweaty
82%

nice
97%

sweaty
94%

sweaty
89%

nice
87%

nice
84%

nice
70%

Most common

Rain

dry
9mm

dry
21mm

dry
48mm

rainy
98mm

rainy
304mm

rainy
474mm

rainy
494mm

rainy
527mm

rainy
368mm

rainy
133mm

dry
38mm

dry
16mm

Cloud

pockets
13%

pockets
16%

pockets
22%

pockets
41%

pockets
50%

pockets
48%

pockets
47%

pockets
44%

pockets
41%

pockets
32%

pockets
20%

Sun

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
10 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

Remote workers

1,275 people

1,286 people

900 people

960 people

720 people

600 people

840 people

750 people

675 people

1,000 people

750 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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Vientiane

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84° AQI 80 😷

🚕4h

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Luang Prabang

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

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🌧 Feels 30° 86° 27° 80°

🚕4h

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Udon Thani

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked very bad

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🌦 Feels 32° 90° 29° 84°

✈️14min

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Chiang Rai

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⭐️ OverallAll

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🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°

✈️24min

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24 Mbps

Chiang Mai

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

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🌥 Feels 29° 84° 27° 80° AQI 21

✈️29min

$1,305 / mo

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Ninh Binh

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💵 Cost 😝 Cheap

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👍 Liked very bad

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🌦 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°

✈️32min

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10 Mbps

Sa Pa

Vietnam

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°

✈️32min

$1,252 / mo

9 Mbps

Pai

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

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🌧 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°

✈️34min

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Hanoi

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🌧 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83° AQI 132 😷

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🌦 Feels 33° 91° 30° 87° 🥵 AQI 68 😷

✈️35min

$1,064 / mo

104 Mbps

Hue

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👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 29° 84° 26° 79° 🥵 AQI 29

✈️49min

$977 / mo

12 Mbps

Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 42° 108° 32° 90° 🥵 AQI 76 😷

✈️49min

$1,646 / mo

24 Mbps

Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 42° 108° 32° 90° 🥵 AQI 76 😷

✈️49min

$1,646 / mo

24 Mbps

London

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 60° AQI 46

✈️12h

$5,796 / mo

23 Mbps

Lisbon

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

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🌤 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59° AQI 53 😷

✈️14h

$3,941 / mo

38 Mbps

Singapore

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety great

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🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86° 🥵

✈️3h

$4,449 / mo

155 Mbps

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 43° 109° 32° 90° 🥵

✈️2h

$1,643 / mo

19 Mbps

Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 38° 100° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 52 😷

✈️1h

$1,056 / mo

12 Mbps

Reykjavik

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💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety good

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🌨 Feels -5° 23° -1° 31° AQI 11

✈️13h

$6,122 / mo

25 Mbps

Chiang Mai

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 29° 84° 27° 80° AQI 21

✈️29min

$1,305 / mo

20 Mbps

Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌫 Feels 15° 59° 15° 58° AQI 87 😷

✈️13h

$4,518 / mo

35 Mbps

Hanoi

Vietnam

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83° AQI 132 😷

✈️34min

$1,087 / mo

10 Mbps

Berlin

Germany

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 7° 45° 8° 47° AQI 57 😷

✈️11h

$4,143 / mo

28 Mbps

San Juan

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💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 30° 86° 27° 80° AQI 46

✈️21h

$4,440 / mo

15 Mbps

Vientiane

Laos

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😝 Cheap

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety great

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84° AQI 80 😷

🚕4h

$894 / mo

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Luang Prabang

Laos

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety great

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🌧 Feels 30° 86° 27° 80°

🚕4h

$1,030 / mo

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Chiang Mai

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 29° 84° 27° 80° AQI 21

✈️29min

$1,305 / mo

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Hanoi

Vietnam

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83° AQI 132 😷

✈️34min

$1,087 / mo

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Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 42° 108° 32° 90° 🥵 AQI 76 😷

✈️49min

$1,646 / mo

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Siem Reap

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 41° 106° 32° 90° 🥵

✈️51min

$1,199 / mo

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Hoi An

Vietnam

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°

✈️57min

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Phnom Penh

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 38° 100° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 52 😷

✈️1h

$1,196 / mo

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Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 38° 100° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 52 😷

✈️1h

$1,056 / mo

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Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 43° 109° 32° 90° 🥵

✈️2h

$1,643 / mo

🌇 Also went here66 people

Singapore

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety great

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🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86° 🥵

✈️3h

$4,449 / mo

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Tokyo

Japan

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety great

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🌧 Feels 9° 48° 10° 51° AQI 63 😷

✈️5h

$3,382 / mo

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Budapest

Hungary

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 8° 46° 9° 49° AQI 34

✈️11h

$2,758 / mo

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London

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 60° AQI 46

✈️12h

$5,796 / mo

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Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌫 Feels 15° 59° 15° 58° AQI 87 😷

✈️13h

$4,518 / mo

🌇 Also went here44 people

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Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

🎒 Nomad Score™	3.24/5 (Rank #317) 107 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Bad
🎒 Community score	Okay
🤯 Overcrowding score	0% is nomad here
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $1,377 / mo
📡 Internet	😡 Slow: 5 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 25°C77°F (feels 25°C77°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 64%
👌 Safety	Bad
👩 Safe for women	Okay
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Okay
🤮 Food safety*	Okay
🤝 Lack of racism*	Okay
🎓 Education level*	Low
💰 Income level*	Very low: $195 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Bad
🚶 Walkability	Bad
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Okay
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🍸 Nightlife	Bad
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Okay
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Bad
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Asia
🚩 Country	Laos
🗓️ Average trip length	4 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	5 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌧 25°C 77°F + 😊 Comfy (64%) = feels 25°C 77°F
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 100,000 LAK in USD	USD 4.67
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	LAK 10,000,000 = USD 467
💸 Tipping	No
💳 Cashless	💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners)
☕️ Best coffee place	Coffee Inn
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	👎4% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	25,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$2,339 / year
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 82% 👱‍♀️ 18%
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
🏠 Apartment listings	ImmoLaos
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Vietnam

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$1,377 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$1,168 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,071 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$592 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$556 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$2,172 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$543 / month
🏠 Median home price	$12,606
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$26 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$71 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$90 / month
🍛 Dinner	$2
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$1
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$1
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$1