| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.24/5 (Rank #325)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,867 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 4 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C87°F (feels 41°C106°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 87%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 88 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 18 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Great
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Rich:
$2,245 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Brunei |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌫 31°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (87%) = feels 41°C 106°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 88 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 19 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 BND in USD | USD 7.84 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BND 100 = USD 78 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Truesynergy |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎2% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 259,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 4,964 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 72,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $26,939 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 88% 👱♀️ 12% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Royal Brunei Airline |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Royal Brunei Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | JPMC |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,867 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,434 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,342 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $955 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $899 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,108 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $722 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $195,889 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $42 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $69 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $118 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $9,376 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $16 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $12 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ 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) |
3697° hot |
3391° hot |
39102° hot |
38100° hot |
42108° scorching |
38100° hot |
38100° hot |
38100° hot |
39102° hot |
39102° hot |
39102° hot |
3697° hot |
| Real (median) |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3188°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 86% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 173mm |
rainy 117mm |
rainy 101mm |
rainy 140mm |
rainy 159mm |
rainy 192mm |
rainy 185mm |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 205mm |
rainy 287mm |
rainy 244mm |
rainy 223mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 87% |
overcast 90% |
overcast 91% |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 90% |
| Air quality |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 16 US AQI |
clean 18 US AQI |
clean 17 US AQI |
clean 14 US AQI |
clean 15 US AQI |
clean 20 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 22 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 1,050 people | 750 people | 1,200 people | 600 people | 800 people | 800 people | 1,200 people | 600 people | 600 people | 900 people | 600 people |
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