⭐️ Total score |
2.05/5 (Rank #1131)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,323 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 4 Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C85°F (feels 35°C95°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 83%
|
👌 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) | 4 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (83%) = feels 35°C 95°F
|
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100,000 LAK in USD | USD 4.63 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LAK 10,000,000 = USD 463 |
💸 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) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | ImmoLaos |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Vietnam |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,323 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,116 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,054 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $587 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $552 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,983 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $538 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $12,486 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $26 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $65 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $90 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid 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) | 22°C / 72°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 29°C / 84°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild |
Real (median) |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
25°C / 76°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
Humidity |
nice 70% |
nice 67% |
nice 63% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 97% |
sweaty 94% |
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 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 |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
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