3.78/5
514 reviews
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Delhi

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The city offers a culturally rich experience with beautiful historical sites, good food, and generally friendly locals proud of their heritage.

However, visitors consistently mention severe cleanliness issues, chaotic transportation, and widespread misinformation that makes getting around difficult.

Public facilities like bathrooms are described as unusable, and the overall environment feels dilapidated to those expecting modern standards.

The subway stands out as surprisingly clean and efficient compared to other transport options.

Airport procedures are particularly problematic with excessive bureaucracy and poor communication that can cause significant delays.

While the spiritual and historical aspects appeal to some travelers, the practical challenges make it a mixed experience overall.

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16 days ago

Never had a desire to come to India ever, but my gf had business to attend so decided to tag along for the experience.

People are mostly friendly, eager to help when they can and despite the chaos, really proud of the city, their culture and spiritual connections, none of which I can relate to since I value modern, cleanliness and safety more than old dilapidated buildings.

Love a good curry, but even though I mostly ate at "expensive" places, I still ended up with diarrhoea. Thankfully it was at 3am in my hotel room because public bathrooms are impossible to use, I'm from Africa and never experienced bathrooms as bad as they are in India and I probably would have rather took a dump under a tree as the locals do, than having to share a dirty toilet that hasn't ever seen a cleaner.

Everything was very inconvenient for most of the trip and misinformation was rife.
On arrival our Indian connection that picked us up at the airport told us we cannot use Uber without Indian credit card. False, I installed it and it worked. Our first guest house, booked by our Indian connection, wifi didn't work and there was no 4G signal and the staff wasn't of help at all.

We decided not to stay there so we grabbed a few important things, locked the door and walked around to find signal and book a new hotel - but still couldn't so we eventually jumped on a rickshaw and ask the guy to take us to hotels. Eventually found a 5 star hotel and things were good. Got good sleep and went back next to fetch the remaining stuff using Uber.

Took the subway once with a guide and despite the chaos - it was surprisingly clean and modern, comparable to KL or Singapore. Defo not what I expected.

On the way back home to leave India, even just getting into the airport took an hour, narrowly making our flight, despite getting there over 2 hours early - airline recommended 90 minutes ahead of time. Turns out they don't let you into if you didn't have your flight iterinary printed / on your phone. My roaming data ran out just before we reached the airport and then the wifi on the airport didn't work so I couldn't get that information. After getting sent around by Airport Security for like 40 minutes in different directions because nobody knew what was going on (more misinformation).
They finally sent us to an office, hidden, outside the airport that helped us print our booking just to be able to make our way to the checkin counter to drop our luggage. And even then, they gave us wrong information, the lady sent us to Counter C and upon arrival, it was Counter D. 😂
Never in my life anywhere in the world did I need to have my tickets printed - usually at check in counters you just show passport and they retrieve all info. Crazy, but I guess they do it to prevent the whole extended family of 24 tagging along to see off their son on his flight to London or SF for a Tech job.

Would I come back? I wouldn't avoid going there, but I wouldn't be too enthusiastic about going back either.

17 days ago

Never had a desire to come to India ever, but my gf had business to attend so decided to tag along for the experience.

People are mostly friendly, eager to help when they can and despite the chaos, really proud of the city, their culture and spiritual connections, none of which I can relate to since I value modern, cleanliness and safety more than old smelly and dilapidated buildings.

Love a good curry, but even though I mostly ate at "expensive" places, I still ended up with diarrhoea. Thankfully it was at 3am in my hotel room because public bathrooms are impossible to use, I'm from Africa and never experienced bathrooms as bad as they are in India and I probably would have rather took a dump under a tree as the locals do, than having to share a dirty toilet that hasn't ever seen a cleaner.

Everything was very inconvenient for most of the trip and misinformation was rife.
On arrival our Indian connection that picked us up at the airport told us we cannot use Uber without Indian credit card. False, I installed it and it worked. Our first guest house, booked by our Indian connection, wifi didn't work and there was no 4G signal and the staff wasn't of help at all.

We decided not to stay there so we grabbed a few important things, locked the door and walked around to find signal and book a new hotel - but still couldn't so we eventually jumped on a rickshaw and ask the guy to take us to hotels. Eventually found a 5 star hotel and things were good. Got good sleep and went back next to fetch the remaining stuff using Uber.

Took the subway once with a guide and despite the chaos - it was surprisingly clean and modern, comparable to KL or Singapore. Defo not what I expected.

On the way back home to leave India, even just getting into the airport took an hour, narrowly making our flight, despite getting there over 2 hours early - airline recommended 90 minutes ahead of time. Turns out they don't let you into if you didn't have your flight iterinary printed / on your phone. My roaming data ran out just before we reached the airport and then the wifi on the airport didn't work so I couldn't get that information. After getting sent around by Airport Security for like 40 minutes in different directions because nobody knew what was going on (more misinformation).
They finally sent us to an office, hidden, outside the airport that helped us print our booking just to be able to make our way to the checkin counter to drop our luggage. And even then, they gave us wrong information, the lady sent us to Counter C and upon arrival, it was Counter D. 😂
Never in my life anywhere in the world did I need to have my tickets printed - usually at check in counters you just show passport and they retrieve all info. Crazy, but I guess they do it to prevent the whole extended family of 24 tagging along to see off their son on his flight to London or SF for a Tech job.

Would I come back? I wouldn't avoid going there, but I wouldn't be too enthusiastic about going back either.

17 days ago

extremely dirty, very noisy, non walkable, the city is also ugly (except mausoleum and forts, of course). Hard to recommend, unless you’re very found of spirituality. Forget to mention but the food is of course amazing!

3 years ago

Very culturally enriching. The architecture, the history, the food, the customs of the people. It's also very cheap. Nightlife is good but it ends up very early. Also, public transportation is chaotic.

4 years ago

✅ Friendly people

✅ Great food

✅ Clean and modern subway

✅ Affordable to live

✅ Fast internet

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm in the spring

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Easy to do business

✅ Great hospitals

✅ Democratic

✅ Family friendly

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

❌ Extremely dirty

❌ Very noisy

❌ Non-walkable

❌ Ugly city

❌ Public transportation chaotic

❌ Public bathrooms terrible

❌ Misinformation rife

❌ Airport very inconvenient

❌ Freedom of speech is weak

❌ Not very safe

❌ Not much to do

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Bad air quality today

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ Feels crowded

❌ Difficult to make friends

❌ Quality of education is low

❌ Roads can be dangerous

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Not safe for women

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels (median)

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Real (median)

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Humidity

nice
51%

nice
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nice
30%

too dry
19%

nice
32%

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nice
68%

sweaty
74%

sweaty
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Most common

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Rain

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27mm

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8mm

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30mm

rainy
203mm

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129mm

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98mm

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4mm

Cloud

pockets
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clear
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8%

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12%

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31%

pockets
32%

cloudy
79%

cloudy
70%

pockets
37%

clear
8%

pockets
11%

pockets
29%

Air quality

bad
272 US AQI

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Sun

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4 UVI

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5 UVI

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7 UVI

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9 UVI

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7 UVI

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6 UVI

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4 UVI

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3 UVI

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🎒 Nomad Score™	3.78/5 (Rank #81) 514 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍5 liked it 👎2 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
🤯 Overcrowding score	0% is nomad here
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $1,167 / mo
📡 Internet	😡 Slow: 11 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 27°C81°F (feels 29°C84°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 65%
❄️ % of buildings with AC	🥵 Low: 32%
💨 Air quality (now)	😷 Unhealthy : 179 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	😷 Unhealthy for some: 143 US AQI
👌 Safety	Okay
👩 Safe for women	Bad
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Bad
🤮 Food safety*	Good
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Good
🤝 Lack of racism*	Okay
🎓 Education level*	Low
⚡️ Power grid	Very bad
🌊 Resilience to climate change	Good
💰 Income level*	Very poor: $225 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Bad
😤 People density	🤨 Busy: 11k ppl/km² (1 per 10x10m)
🚶 Walkability	Okay
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Great
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Bad
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Okay
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Asia
🚩 Country	India
🗓️ Average trip length	6 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	11 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ 27°C 81°F + 😊 Comfy (65%) = feels 29°C 84°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👎☠️ 179 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👎☠️ 144 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Ola
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 100 INR in USD	USD 1.05
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	INR 10,000 = USD 105
💸 Tipping	Yes, 7%
💳 Cashless	💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners)
💻 Best coworking space	91 Springboard
💻 Best alt. coworking space	Moonlighting
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
🦷 Fluoride added	🚫 No fluoride added
♻️ Return rate	👍16% of visitors return
📸 Visitors per year	10,257,000 visitors
📸 Tourists now	196,575 tourists
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	11,000,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$2,702 / year
😤 Population density	🤨 busy: 10x10m (100m²) per person
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 60% 👱‍♀️ 40%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 56% 👱‍♀️ 44%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 84% 👱‍♀️ 16%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Amazon
🏠 Apartment listings	Quick
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	IndiGo
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Emirates

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$1,167 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$870 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$1,637 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$468 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$310 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$1,535 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$273 / month
🏠 Median home price	$179,022
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$14 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$50 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$74 / month
🍛 Dinner	$4
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$0
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$2
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$2
👩‍🏫 International school	$2,271 / year
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$1 / trip

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