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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 188 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* | |
| 😄 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 | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 15 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (81%) = feels 36°C 97°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 33 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 2.47 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MYR 1,000 = USD 247 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Smiling Buffalo Cafe |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Jetpack Langkawi |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎4% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 30,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $9,508 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 87% 👱♀️ 13% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Chenang Clinic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,775 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,323 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,611 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $460 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $739 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,290 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $940 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $160,712 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $35 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $108 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $109 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ 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
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3493° hot |
3697° hot |
3697° hot |
3493° hot |
38100° hot |
3493° hot |
3799° hot |
3493° hot |
3493° hot |
3595° hot |
3290° hot |
3595° hot |
| Real (median) |
2984°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 81% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 28mm |
dry 3mm |
rainy 104mm |
rainy 183mm |
rainy 242mm |
rainy 182mm |
rainy 192mm |
rainy 225mm |
rainy 266mm |
rainy 327mm |
rainy 248mm |
rainy 124mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 68% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 74% |
| Air quality |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,255 people | 1,250 people | 1,364 people | 1,067 people | 1,543 people | 1,286 people | 1,320 people | 1,200 people | 1,050 people | 600 people | 1,000 people | 1,020 people |
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