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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 59 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Malaysia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 13 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (93%) = feels 37°C 99°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 78 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 68 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 MYR in USD | USD 2.45 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MYR 1,000 = USD 245 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | San Francisco Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Incubator4U |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 💧 Yes, fluoridated |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 820,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $13,125 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
| 🏥 Best hospital | KMC MEDICAL CENTRE |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,683 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,151 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,264 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $647 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $918 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,043 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $368 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $73,508 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $43 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $67 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $120 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $13,142 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3086° warm |
3595° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3493° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3290° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3086° warm |
3290° hot |
| Real (median) |
2679°
warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
2781°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 90% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 89% |
nice 92% |
sweaty 89% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 202mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 207mm |
rainy 236mm |
rainy 185mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 117mm |
rainy 170mm |
rainy 252mm |
rainy 328mm |
rainy 287mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 90% |
overcast 91% |
overcast 92% |
cloudy 88% |
| Air quality |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 900 people | 1,000 people | 800 people | 1,200 people | 750 people | 1,200 people | 600 people | 600 people | 1,000 people | 900 people | 600 people | 857 people |
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