| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.38/5 (Rank #216)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,360 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 12 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 30°C85°F (feels 36°C97°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 82%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 5%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 45 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 104 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 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 low:
$142 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 😤 People density |
😤 Dense: 23k ppl/km² (1 per 7x7m)
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 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 |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | India |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 30°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (82%) = feels 36°C 97°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 45 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 104 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.04 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 104 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Coffee Culture -- The Ristorante Lounge |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 6,900,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 😤 crowded: 7x7m (49m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Magic Bricks |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air India Regional |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air India |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Asutosh Clinic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,360 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $809 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,427 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $408 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $929 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,514 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $219 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $62,681 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $43 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $50 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $121 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $879 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2577° warm |
2679° warm |
3086° warm |
3595° hot |
38100° hot |
3799° hot |
39102° hot |
3595° hot |
3697° hot |
3595° hot |
3086° warm |
2577° warm |
| Real (median) |
2577°
warm |
2679°
warm |
3086°
very warm |
3290°
hot |
3290°
hot |
3187°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2577°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 46% |
nice 39% |
nice 41% |
nice 51% |
nice 60% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 88% |
nice 68% |
nice 52% |
nice 52% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
rainy 143mm |
rainy 341mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 177mm |
dry 27mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 3mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 11% |
pockets 10% |
clear 9% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 21% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 18% |
| Air quality |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 750 people | 600 people | 0 people | 1,200 people | 600 people | 600 people | 900 people | 900 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 900 people |
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