3.96/5
368 reviews
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Mumbai

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Mumbai is a vast, diverse city that serves as the financial capital of India. It offers a mix of modern and historic experiences, with a fast-paced urban culture and vibrant street life. The city caters to a wide range of culinary preferences, with both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options readily available from various global cuisines. Alcohol is accessible, and nightlife is active in many areas. Visitors can also enjoy local festivals and daily street scenes that reflect the city's dynamic blend of cultures.

Getting around is fairly easy using rideshare services like Uber, which are generally reliable and offer access to cheaper auto-rickshaws as well. However, travelers should be cautious when using local taxis, as foreigners may be charged higher rates if not using a service like Uber.

While Mumbai is considered safe for travelers, it's still advisable to use common sense and maintain typical safety precautions. Internet access can be inconsistent, depending on location, though major providers like JIO provide reasonable coverage. It’s important to note that Mumbai is more expensive than other Indian cities, but many travelers feel it’s worth the cost for the unique and vast experience the city offers. Most agree that one visit is not enough to fully explore everything Mumbai has to offer.

AI-generated summary of reviews
1 year ago

Mumbai, August 28-September 2, September 7, September 11 2019. Got a friend to pick me up at the airport, so I can't evaluate how well UBER works from the airport. Prepaid taxi from the airport is my usual recommendation, and if I was traveling tomorrow that is what I would do. Inside of Mumbai, UBER was my go-to app and worked well. Autos (aka 'Tuk-tuks' in some places) get around well and are cheap, some are also on Uber. Be aware that unless you use a service like UBER, as a foreigner, the price will go up if you do not look and act like a local when you flag down your ride.

Food was varied and can be had in any variety, veg or non=veg, any nationality or region. Alcohol is available if you seek it out (some places will even deliver it to you with your pizza :). There are bars and night life in Mumbai that are fun, and feel free to get swept up in festival crowds in the earlier parts of the evening in major metropolitan areas. I never felt unsafe in Mumbai, but do not throw good traveler caution to the wind here.

Internet was spotty at times, but that may have just been my location. The internet tunnel I used worked, but YMMV. JIO was my phone provider of choice, and it seemed to work all across India. The city is historic and modern, slow and fast, very very rich, and desperately poor. Although prices here are higher relative to all other places in India, I will return to Mumbai (Bombay), and you should too... no one person can ever see it all.

6 years ago

Mumbai is a city in India. It is the capital of Maharashtra state, the most populous city in India and the 11th most populous city in the world, with a population of approximately 14.2 million. Mumbai is also the richest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South, West or Central Asia. It is also one of the fastest growing cities in the world.

It was originally a trading outpost of the Portuguese Empire, later taken over by the British East India Company. It served as the capital of the Bombay Presidency from the British colonial period until India's independence in 1947. Today, Mumbai is a bustling metropolis and the financial capital of India.

Mumbai is an alpha world city as per the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. It forms the financial capital of India and is one of the major commercial and business centres of India.

6 years ago

✅ Varied food options

✅ Good rideshare availability

✅ Safe for travelers

✅ Affordable to live

✅ Fast internet

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm all year round

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot

✅ Many Nomads.com members here all year round

✅ Easy to do business

✅ Great hospitals

✅ Democratic

✅ Safe for women

✅ Family friendly

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

❌ Spotty internet

❌ Pricey compared to rest of India

❌ Freedom of speech is weak

❌ Not very safe

❌ Not much to do

❌ Very sweaty and humid now

❌ Feels crowded

❌ Difficult to make friends

❌ Quality of education is low

❌ Roads can be dangerous

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels (median)

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2679°
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Humidity

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67%

sweaty
82%

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90%

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88%

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89%

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75%

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62%

Most common

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Rain

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1mm

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0mm

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10mm

rainy
459mm

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711mm

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253mm

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306mm

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76mm

dry
4mm

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3mm

Cloud

pockets
18%

pockets
12%

pockets
11%

pockets
26%

pockets
32%

cloudy
75%

overcast
91%

cloudy
85%

cloudy
78%

pockets
43%

pockets
29%

pockets
21%

Air quality

bad
180 US AQI

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169 US AQI

bad
142 US AQI

okay
97 US AQI

okay
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okay
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okay
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okay
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okay
65 US AQI

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141 US AQI

bad
165 US AQI

bad
164 US AQI

Sun

avoid sun
6 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

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10 UVI

avoid sun
9 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

seek shade
6 UVI

Remote workers

3,167 people

2,400 people

2,769 people

1,980 people

1,569 people

1,720 people

1,800 people

1,350 people

2,340 people

2,040 people

2,240 people

2,438 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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Thane

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌦 Feels 36° 97° 30° 85° Barely AC 🥵

🚕38min

$1,379 / mo

11 Mbps

Kalyan

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌦 Feels 36° 97° 30° 85° Barely AC 🥵

🚕1h

$1,168 / mo

10 Mbps

Vasai

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😝 Cheap

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 36° 97° 29° 85° Barely AC 🥵

🚕1h

$996 / mo

11 Mbps

Pune

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 31° 88° 28° 82° Barely AC 🥵

✈️10min

$1,279 / mo

11 Mbps

Nashik

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 31° 88° 27° 81° Barely AC 🥵

✈️11min

$1,104 / mo

12 Mbps

Surat

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 36° 97° 30° 86° Barely AC 🥵

✈️19min

$1,335 / mo

12 Mbps

Aurangabad

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 35° 95° 30° 86° Barely AC 🥵 AQI 99 😷

✈️20min

$1,353 / mo

10 Mbps

Vadodara

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 38° 100° 31° 88° Barely AC 🥵

✈️29min

$1,033 / mo

11 Mbps

Rajkot

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 36° 97° 30° 86° Barely AC 🥵

✈️34min

$1,455 / mo

10 Mbps

Ahmedabad

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 37° 99° 31° 88° Barely AC 🥵

✈️35min

$1,395 / mo

11 Mbps

Goa

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 35° 95° 29° 84° Barely AC 🥵

✈️35min

$1,296 / mo

12 Mbps

Hubli

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 32° 90° 28° 82° Barely AC 🥵

✈️38min

$1,270 / mo

10 Mbps

Goa

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 35° 95° 29° 84° Barely AC 🥵

✈️35min

$1,296 / mo

12 Mbps

Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 30° 86° 26° 79° Has AC AQI 44

✈️4h

$1,672 / mo

32 Mbps

Berlin

Germany

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 68° AQI 42

✈️8h

$5,196 / mo

32 Mbps

London

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69° AQI 56 😷

✈️10h

$8,228 / mo

23 Mbps

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 50° 122° 35° 94° Has AC AQI 171 😷

✈️3h

$6,938 / mo

15 Mbps

San Francisco, CA

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety bad

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🌥 Feels 16° 61° 17° 62° AQI 21

✈️18h

$8,569 / mo

116 Mbps

New York City, NY

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 17° 63° 18° 65° AQI 14

✈️17h

$7,330 / mo

26 Mbps

Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 50

✈️9h

$6,502 / mo

38 Mbps

Osaka

Japan

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 30

✈️8h

$2,493 / mo

22 Mbps

Lisbon

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 28° 82° 27° 80° Barely AC AQI 32

✈️11h

$4,935 / mo

100 Mbps

Vancouver

Canada

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 14° 57° 15° 59° AQI 10

✈️16h

$5,653 / mo

25 Mbps

Pune

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 31° 88° 28° 82° Barely AC 🥵

✈️10min

$1,279 / mo

11 Mbps

Delhi

India

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 80° Some AC 🥵 AQI 22

✈️2h

$1,210 / mo

🌇 Also went here118 people

Chiang Mai

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 35° 95° 30° 85° Has AC AQI 14

✈️4h

$1,560 / mo

🌇 Also went here121 people

Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 30° 86° 26° 79° Has AC AQI 44

✈️4h

$1,672 / mo

🌇 Also went here184 people

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 39° 102° 30° 86° Has AC AQI 74 😷

✈️5h

$1,844 / mo

🌇 Also went here120 people

Singapore

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81° Has AC AQI 135 😷

✈️5h

$5,532 / mo

🌇 Also went here136 people

Istanbul

Turkey

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 72 😷

✈️6h

$3,260 / mo

🌇 Also went here116 people

Berlin

Germany

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 68° AQI 42

✈️8h

$5,196 / mo

🌇 Also went here127 people

Tokyo

Japan

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 22

✈️9h

$4,451 / mo

🌇 Also went here126 people

Amsterdam

Netherlands

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64° AQI 21

✈️9h

$8,274 / mo

🌇 Also went here118 people

Paris

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76° AQI 66 😷

✈️9h

$7,084 / mo

🌇 Also went here136 people

Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75° AQI 50

✈️9h

$6,502 / mo

🌇 Also went here121 people

London

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69° AQI 56 😷

✈️10h

$8,228 / mo

🌇 Also went here153 people

Lisbon

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 28° 82° 27° 80° Barely AC AQI 32

✈️11h

$4,935 / mo

🌇 Also went here127 people

New York City, NY

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 17° 63° 18° 65° AQI 14

✈️17h

$7,330 / mo

🌇 Also went here133 people

San Francisco, CA

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety bad

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🌥 Feels 16° 61° 17° 62° AQI 21

✈️18h

$8,569 / mo

🌇 Also went here111 people

3,000 remote workers in Mumbai now, of which 4+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

Members who will be here soon

Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

🎒 Nomad Score™	3.96/5 (Rank #30) 368 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍9 liked it 👎1 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
🤯 Overcrowding score	0% is nomad here
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $1,758 / mo
📡 Internet	😡 Slow: 11 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 30°C86°F (feels 37°C99°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	🥵 Sweaty: 80%
❄️ % of buildings with AC	🥵 Very low: 5%
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Good: 64 US AQI
👌 Safety	Okay
👩 Safe for women	Good
🌈 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: $225 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Okay
😤 People density	😤 Very dense: 30k ppl/km² (1 per 6x6m)
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Great
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Bad
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Okay
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Asia
🚩 Country	India
🗓️ Average trip length	8 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	11 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 37°C 99°F
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👎😷 65 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay	North Central: Ward G/N
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood	East: Ward H/E
🚕 Best taxi app*	Ola
🚑 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 coworking space	youthapreneurs
💻 Best alt. coworking space	Bombay Connect
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
🦷 Fluoride added	🚫 No fluoride added
♻️ Return rate	👍12% of visitors return
📸 Visitors per year	8,884,900 visitors
📸 Tourists now	170,279 tourists
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	20,000,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$2,702 / year
😤 Population density	😤 very crowded: 6x6m (36m²) per person
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 61% 👱‍♀️ 39%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 56% 👱‍♀️ 44%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 79% 👱‍♀️ 21%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Amazon
🏠 Apartment listings	Magicbricks
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	IndiGo
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Emirates

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$1,758 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$1,488 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,928 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$837 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$461 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$2,556 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$644 / month
🏠 Median home price	$323,522
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$22 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$84 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$73 / month
🍛 Dinner	$5
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$0
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$3
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$3
👩‍🏫 International school	$5,017 / year
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$1 / trip

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