| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.24/5 (Rank #372)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $866 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 10 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 27°C81°F (feels 32°C90°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 88%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 5%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 59 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 72 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:
$142 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | India |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 27°C 81°F + 🥵 Sweaty (88%) = feels 32°C 90°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 59 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 72 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.04 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 104 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Coffee Day |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | 99Acres |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Indigo |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Jet Airways |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $866 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $611 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $711 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $203 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $291 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,656 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $473 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $49,042 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $14 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $54 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $89 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $1,331 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
| 🚕 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 on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ 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) |
3493° hot |
3290° hot |
3595° hot |
3799° hot |
3697° hot |
3391° hot |
3493° hot |
3290° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3493° hot |
| Real (median) |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 76% |
nice 69% |
sweaty 71% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 78% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 12mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 169mm |
rainy 313mm |
rainy 300mm |
rainy 354mm |
rainy 288mm |
rainy 265mm |
rainy 262mm |
rainy 187mm |
rainy 63mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 39% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 52% |
| Air quality |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 59 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 72 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 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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