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| ⭐️ Total score | 128 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Maldives |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 30°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (77%) = feels 37°C 99°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 68 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 |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 140,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,833 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 😤 crowded: 7x7m (49m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 68% 👱♀️ 32% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ibay |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Emirates |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 🏥 Best hospital | ADK Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,291 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,022 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,369 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $963 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,641 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,261 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $786 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $16,171 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $124 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $140 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $376 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $2,848 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $7 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ 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
❌ Very expensive
❌ 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) | 31°C / 88°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot |
| Real (median) |
28°C / 82°F
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28°C / 82°F
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28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
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28°C / 82°F
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28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
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28°C / 82°F
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28°C / 82°F
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28°C / 82°F
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| Humidity |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 80% |
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| Rain |
rainy 88mm |
dry 24mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 240mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 145mm |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 172mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 144mm |
rainy 154mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 35% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 33% |
| Sun |
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| Remote workers | 511 people | 311 people | 286 people | 300 people | 480 people | 200 people | 200 people | 283 people | 240 people | 333 people | 450 people | 309 people |
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