⭐️ Total score |
2.5/5 (Rank #413)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,454 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 4Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 40°C104°F (feels 38°C100°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 15%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 114 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Okay
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🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$122 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Okay |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Bad |
🏥 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 |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Pakistan |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 40°C 104°F + 🌵 Too dry (15%) = feels 38°C 100°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 114 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 1,000 PKR in USD | USD 3.54 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PKR 100,000 = USD 354 |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Mocca Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,462 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 58% 👱♀️ 42% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
🏞 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 | $1,454 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $559 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $890 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $254 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,516 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,266 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $362 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $88,590 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $71 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $42 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $323 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $811 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ 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
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ 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) | 13°C / 55°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool | 21°C / 70°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 34°C / 93°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 24°C / 75°F warm | 15°C / 59°F cool | 15°C / 59°F cool |
Real (median) |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
32°C / 89°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
15°C / 58°F
cool |
Humidity |
nice 46% |
nice 42% |
nice 49% |
nice 41% |
nice 40% |
nice 37% |
nice 59% |
nice 67% |
nice 65% |
nice 49% |
nice 37% |
nice 40% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 49mm |
dry 15mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 92mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 170mm |
rainy 176mm |
rainy 72mm |
dry 29mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 28mm |
Cloud |
pockets 13% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 16% |
clear 4% |
clear 4% |
pockets 16% |
Air quality |
bad 140 US AQI |
bad 267 US AQI |
bad 267 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 |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 280 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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