| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.15/5 (Rank #447)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍5 liked it 👎4 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
1% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,412 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 21 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 34°C93°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 79%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Low: 37%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 28 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 47 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Okay
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Bad
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Okay
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$493 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Good |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Thailand |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 21 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (79%) = feels 34°C 93°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 28 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 48 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 THB in USD | USD 3.06 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | THB 10,000 = USD 306 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 5% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Anchor |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Bake n' Brew |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 7,313,500 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 140,163 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 240,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,911 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 88% 👱♀️ 12% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Prakard |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Bangkok Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,412 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,130 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,522 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $721 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $502 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,644 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $566 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $140,109 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $24 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $54 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $123 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $14,721 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $7 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Very affordable
✅ Very safe
✅ Good weather in peak season (Dec–Feb)
✅ Convenient ride-sharing apps
✅ Good mid-size city
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Heavy Russian tourist presence
❌ Police crackdown can affect digital nomads
❌ Not ideal for women or people under 40
❌ Chaotic driving
❌ Noisy in many areas
❌ Limited shipping options from Western retailers
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3188° hot |
3799° hot |
3799° hot |
3799° hot |
41106° scorching |
41106° scorching |
38100° hot |
38100° hot |
3595° hot |
3595° hot |
3799° hot |
3391° hot |
| Real (median) |
2882°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3188°
hot |
3188°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 72% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 4mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 151mm |
rainy 138mm |
rainy 163mm |
rainy 182mm |
rainy 250mm |
rainy 228mm |
rainy 57mm |
dry 11mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 34% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 84% |
overcast 90% |
overcast 93% |
overcast 93% |
overcast 95% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 51% |
| Air quality |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
clean 47 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 48 US AQI |
okay 59 US AQI |
okay 79 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 2,560 people | 2,700 people | 2,357 people | 2,400 people | 1,750 people | 1,680 people | 1,457 people | 2,775 people | 2,133 people | 2,236 people | 2,400 people | 4,414 people |
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