| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.91/5 (Rank #1071)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,979 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 23°C73°F (feels 23°C73°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 62%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 8%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy : 167 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 105 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Low |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$133 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Pakistan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 23°C 73°F + 😊 Comfy (62%) = feels 23°C 73°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 167 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 106 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 1,000 PKR in USD | USD 3.61 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PKR 100,000 = USD 361 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Mocca Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 4,800,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,596 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 58% 👱♀️ 42% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 92% 👱♀️ 8% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | OLX |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Pakistan International Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Pakistan International Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Islamabad Private Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,979 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,065 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,840 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $526 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,319 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,136 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $273 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $90,211 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $62 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $70 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $323 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $5,012 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1355° cool |
1355° cool |
2170° mild |
2475° warm |
2984° warm |
3391° hot |
3697° hot |
3493° hot |
3188° hot |
2475° warm |
1661° cool |
1559° cool |
| Real (median) |
1356°
cool |
1355°
cool |
2169°
mild |
2476°
warm |
2985°
very warm |
3391°
hot |
3289°
hot |
3086°
hot |
2984°
very warm |
2476°
warm |
1660°
cool |
1558°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 46% |
nice 47% |
nice 50% |
nice 43% |
nice 36% |
nice 35% |
nice 58% |
nice 67% |
nice 62% |
nice 47% |
nice 39% |
nice 40% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 49mm |
dry 15mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 93mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 171mm |
rainy 177mm |
rainy 72mm |
dry 30mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 28mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 25% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 34% |
clear 7% |
clear 4% |
pockets 31% |
| Air quality |
bad 140 US AQI |
okay 93 US AQI |
okay 93 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 97 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
bad 114 US AQI |
bad 114 US AQI |
bad 131 US AQI |
bad 186 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 840 people | 600 people | 750 people | 800 people | 600 people |
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