| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
0.57/5 (Rank #1341)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,143 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 10 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C88°F (feels 39°C102°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 75%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 68 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
🧨 Conflict / political instability*
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
🧨 Conflict / political instability*
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Low |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Bad
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$124 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Myanmar |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 31°C 88°F + 🥵 Sweaty (75%) = feels 39°C 102°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 68 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10,000 MMK in USD | USD 4.76 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MMK 1,000,000 = USD 476 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Nova Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Shwewaa |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎4% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,489 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Myanmar National Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Mandalar Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,143 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $735 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,107 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $316 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $732 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,582 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $200 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $357,151 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $34 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $52 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $85 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $5,714 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ 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) |
2577° warm |
2781° warm |
3188° hot |
3799° hot |
3799° hot |
38100° hot |
38100° hot |
3697° hot |
3595° hot |
3493° hot |
2882° warm |
2475° warm |
| Real (median) |
2576°
warm |
2781°
warm |
3289°
hot |
3493°
hot |
3391°
hot |
3289°
hot |
3188°
hot |
3086°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
2985°
very warm |
2780°
warm |
2476°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 51% |
nice 38% |
nice 31% |
nice 42% |
nice 54% |
nice 65% |
nice 69% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 70% |
nice 65% |
nice 60% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 0mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 27mm |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 125mm |
rainy 126mm |
rainy 175mm |
rainy 194mm |
rainy 178mm |
dry 50mm |
dry 4mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 13% |
clear 9% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 40% |
cloudy 65% |
overcast 91% |
overcast 95% |
overcast 96% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 68% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 26% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,050 people | 600 people | 600 people | 800 people | 1,000 people | 1,000 people | 600 people | 900 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people |
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