| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.07/5 (Rank #620)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,129 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 10 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 25°C78°F (feels 29°C84°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 95%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 5%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 123 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy : 152 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Low |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$142 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | India |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 14 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 25°C 78°F + 😊 Comfy (95%) = feels 29°C 84°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 123 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 152 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.06 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 106 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 320,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Garuda |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,129 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $693 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $951 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $272 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $324 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,501 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $429 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $58,244 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $15 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $49 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $181 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $2,049 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
1661° cool |
2272° mild |
2679° warm |
2984° warm |
3086° warm |
3188° hot |
3799° hot |
3697° hot |
3799° hot |
3188° hot |
2373° mild |
1763° cool |
| Real (median) |
1661°
cool |
2271°
mild |
2679°
warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3085°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
3085°
very warm |
2983°
very warm |
2373°
mild |
1763°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 54% |
nice 48% |
nice 36% |
too dry 28% |
nice 41% |
nice 53% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 84% |
nice 66% |
nice 57% |
nice 50% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 13mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 28mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 131mm |
rainy 354mm |
rainy 316mm |
rainy 190mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 8mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 15% |
pockets 10% |
clear 9% |
pockets 14% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 33% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 11% |
clear 7% |
pockets 30% |
| Air quality |
clean 47 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 123 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,200 people | 1,000 people | 960 people | 600 people | 900 people | 1,050 people | 600 people | 600 people | 1,600 people | 1,000 people | 1,080 people | 771 people |
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