| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.09/5 (Rank #680)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $820 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 11 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 37°C99°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 90%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 5%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 97 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 46 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 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
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 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 |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | India |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (90%) = feels 37°C 99°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 97 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 46 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 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) |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 5,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,702 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Magicbricks |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | IndiGo |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $820 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $608 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,041 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $297 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $231 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,243 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $175 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $63,172 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $11 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $87 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $1,874 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2984° warm |
3188° hot |
3391° hot |
3493° hot |
3391° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
2984° warm |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3086° warm |
3188° hot |
| Real (median) |
2780°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2678°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 70% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 91% |
nice 91% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 75% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 11mm |
dry 32mm |
rainy 68mm |
rainy 179mm |
rainy 334mm |
rainy 496mm |
rainy 530mm |
rainy 396mm |
rainy 305mm |
rainy 300mm |
rainy 171mm |
rainy 62mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 37% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 90% |
overcast 93% |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 51% |
| Air quality |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,255 people | 933 people | 1,286 people | 960 people | 1,100 people | 1,400 people | 1,029 people | 800 people | 1,200 people | 675 people | 1,200 people | 927 people |
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