| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.68/5 (Rank #1264)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Very expensive: $4,281 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 6 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C83°F (feels 33°C91°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 81%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 14 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 46 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Bad
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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| 🎓 Education level* |
Low |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Very bad
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| 💰 Income level* |
Poor:
$1,218 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 😤 People density |
😤 Dense: 23k ppl/km² (1 per 7x7m)
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| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Maldives |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (81%) = feels 33°C 91°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 14 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 46 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 MVR in USD | USD 6.47 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MVR 1,000 = USD 65 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Sea House Maldives |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Cafe' ier |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Kaani Lodge |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 230,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $14,615 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 😤 crowded: 7x7m (49m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 68% 👱♀️ 32% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ibay |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Emirates |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 🏥 Best hospital | ADK Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,281 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,223 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,353 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,244 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,769 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $7,848 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $948 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $16,171 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $83 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $257 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $432 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $2,998 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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) |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3391° hot |
3493° hot |
3493° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
| Real (median) |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2883°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2883°
very warm |
2883°
very warm |
2883°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 80% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 89mm |
dry 25mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 240mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 145mm |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 173mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 144mm |
rainy 154mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 69% |
| Air quality |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 14 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,800 people | 1,133 people | 857 people | 1,029 people | 1,300 people | 840 people | 700 people | 877 people | 709 people | 975 people | 1,350 people | 982 people |
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