| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.37/5 (Rank #248)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍16 liked it 👎7 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
1% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,487 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 25 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 27°C80°F (feels 31°C88°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 89%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Low: 37%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 38 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 42 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Good
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Bad
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Okay
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$671 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Sprawling: 1k ppl/km² (1 per 39x39m)
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| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Good |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Thailand |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 11 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 25 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 27°C 80°F + 🥵 Sweaty (89%) = feels 31°C 88°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 43 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 THB in USD | USD 2.96 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | THB 10,000 = USD 296 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 5% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Phuket Coworking |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Phuket Stash |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 12,079,500 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 231,503 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 390,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,057 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 39x39m (1521m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,487 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,452 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,188 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $911 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $512 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $724 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $281,109 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $24 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $163 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $11,410 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Very clean
✅ Beautiful beaches
✅ Great food
✅ Friendly people
✅ Good fitness scene
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members here all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Outdated infrastructure
❌ Low English proficiency
❌ Sketchy areas
❌ Internet can be unreliable
❌ Annoying touts and sex tourism
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3290° hot |
3188° hot |
3188° hot |
3493° hot |
3595° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3086° warm |
| Real (median) |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2780°
warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 80% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 64mm |
dry 23mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 134mm |
rainy 266mm |
rainy 210mm |
rainy 251mm |
rainy 257mm |
rainy 291mm |
rainy 301mm |
rainy 208mm |
rainy 95mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 83% |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 87% |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 88% |
overcast 91% |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 90% |
cloudy 69% |
| Air quality |
clean 50 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
clean 42 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 42 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
okay 55 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 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 | 8,371 people | 8,053 people | 9,713 people | 6,353 people | 4,971 people | 3,600 people | 4,960 people | 5,100 people | 5,025 people | 6,318 people | 9,188 people | 9,300 people |
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