⭐️ Total score |
2.84/5 (Rank #118)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,065 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 25Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C88°F (feels 39°C102°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 74%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 57 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Bad
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$493 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Good |
🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Great |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Thailand |
🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 25 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 31°C 88°F + 🥵 Sweaty (74%) = feels 39°C 102°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 57 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 THB in USD | USD 3.00 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | THB 10,000 = USD 300 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 5% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | True Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👎2% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 70,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,911 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
🏠 Apartment listings | 9 Apartment |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,065 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $593 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,247 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $356 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $524 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,031 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $221 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $84,236 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $25 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $34 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $268 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $7,500 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $4 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Affordable 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
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 28°C / 82°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 34°C / 93°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 25°C / 77°F warm |
Real (median) |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
Humidity |
nice 72% |
nice 63% |
nice 42% |
nice 67% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 90% |
nice 77% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 15mm |
dry 17mm |
dry 20mm |
rainy 129mm |
rainy 165mm |
rainy 304mm |
rainy 389mm |
rainy 392mm |
rainy 340mm |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 52mm |
dry 4mm |
Cloud |
pockets 27% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 23% |
Air quality |
okay 93 US AQI |
bad 134 US AQI |
bad 168 US AQI |
bad 182 US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
bad 255 US AQI |
okay 57* US AQI |
okay 57* US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 540 people | 356 people | 400 people | 240 people | 360 people | 275 people | 300 people | 360 people | 200 people | 300 people | 556 people | 429 people |
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