| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.04/5 (Rank #712)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,033 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 8 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 32°C89°F (feels 38°C100°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 67%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 9%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 63 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:
$298 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Indonesia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 16 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 32°C 89°F + 😊 Comfy (67%) = feels 38°C 100°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 63 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 5.71 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 10,000,000 = USD 571 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,570 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 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 | $1,033 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $721 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,074 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $307 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $401 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,673 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $171 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $22,730 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $19 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $55 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $114 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $1,919 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $12 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ 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) |
3595° hot |
3493° hot |
38100° hot |
38100° hot |
40104° hot |
39102° hot |
38100° hot |
3799° hot |
3595° hot |
3697° hot |
3799° hot |
38100° hot |
| Real (median) |
2983°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
3085°
very warm |
3085°
very warm |
3187°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3187°
hot |
3187°
hot |
3086°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3085°
very warm |
3085°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 88% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 408mm |
rainy 370mm |
rainy 328mm |
rainy 229mm |
rainy 100mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 23mm |
dry 22mm |
rainy 134mm |
rainy 289mm |
rainy 310mm |
| Cloud |
overcast 94% |
overcast 91% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 90% |
overcast 92% |
| 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 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 750 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people |
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