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| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Indonesia |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 31°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (86%) = feels 41°C 106°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 175 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 35 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 5.53 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 10,000,000 = USD 553 |
| 💸 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 | 1,200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,060 / year |
| ⛪️ 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 | $942 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $754 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,464 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $418 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $266 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,386 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $304 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $28,779 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $12 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $45 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $111 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $2,767 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ 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
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ 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 |
39102° hot |
3799° hot |
40104° hot |
41106° scorching |
43109° scorching |
42108° scorching |
40104° hot |
40104° hot |
44111° scorching |
40104° hot |
3799° hot |
| Real (median) |
2882°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3188°
hot |
3188°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3188°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 94% |
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| Rain |
rainy 243mm |
rainy 120mm |
rainy 246mm |
rainy 279mm |
rainy 216mm |
rainy 144mm |
rainy 160mm |
rainy 178mm |
rainy 256mm |
rainy 293mm |
rainy 318mm |
rainy 321mm |
| Cloud |
overcast 92% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 82% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 87% |
overcast 90% |
overcast 93% |
overcast 94% |
| Air quality |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 35* US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
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avoid sun 7 UVI |
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