| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.94/5 (Rank #1073)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $820 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 11 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 34°C93°F (feels 42°C108°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 60%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 9%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
☠️ Very unhealthy: 326 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 69 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Bad
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$422 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Indonesia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 31 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 34°C 93°F + 😊 Comfy (60%) = feels 42°C 108°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 326 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 69 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 5.55 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 10,000,000 = USD 555 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,060 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Tokopedia |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Garuda |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $820 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $437 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $748 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $214 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $299 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $849 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $243 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $24,986 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $14 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $194 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3493° hot |
3799° hot |
40104° hot |
42108° scorching |
40104° hot |
39102° hot |
42108° scorching |
39102° hot |
39102° hot |
42108° scorching |
40104° hot |
3799° hot |
| Real (median) |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3187°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
hot |
3188°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3188°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 93% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 249mm |
rainy 240mm |
rainy 329mm |
rainy 260mm |
rainy 206mm |
rainy 112mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 194mm |
rainy 307mm |
rainy 338mm |
| Cloud |
overcast 94% |
cloudy 90% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 88% |
overcast 94% |
overcast 95% |
| Air quality |
okay 76 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
bad 313 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 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 | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 900 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people |
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