| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.27/5 (Rank #370)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
1% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,095 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 85 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C87°F (feels 38°C100°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 75%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Low: 37%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 55 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 57 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Bad
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Okay
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$671 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 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 |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Thailand |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 85 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 31°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (75%) = feels 38°C 100°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 55 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 57 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 THB in USD | USD 2.96 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | THB 10,000 = USD 296 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 5% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | True Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎3% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 110,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,057 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $1,095 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $773 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,241 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $355 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $518 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,608 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $230 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $83,010 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $24 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $53 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $88 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $14,623 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ 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
❌ 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) |
2882° warm |
3086° warm |
3595° hot |
3595° hot |
3799° hot |
3595° hot |
3697° hot |
3391° hot |
3799° hot |
3391° hot |
3188° hot |
2577° warm |
| Real (median) |
2679°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
3290°
hot |
3187°
hot |
3187°
hot |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
3085°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2577°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 71% |
nice 61% |
nice 49% |
nice 63% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 84% |
nice 76% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 15mm |
dry 18mm |
dry 20mm |
rainy 129mm |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 304mm |
rainy 389mm |
rainy 393mm |
rainy 340mm |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 4mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 29% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 79% |
overcast 94% |
overcast 96% |
overcast 95% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 66% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 35% |
| Air quality |
okay 93 US AQI |
okay 83 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 83 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,523 people | 1,020 people | 1,114 people | 700 people | 1,080 people | 933 people | 1,080 people | 1,080 people | 600 people | 900 people | 1,527 people | 1,575 people |
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