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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 13 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 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 | Bhutan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌫 22°C 71°F + 😊 Comfy (90%) = feels 22°C 72°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 120 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 BTN in USD | USD 1.04 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BTN 10,000 = USD 104 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | WorkSpace Thimphu |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 255,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 4,887 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 65,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,774 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 63% 👱♀️ 38% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Bhutan Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Bhutan Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | JDWNRH |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,274 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $776 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,035 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $296 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $891 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,779 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $508 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $83,462 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $42 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $58 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $73 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $574 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Cold all year round
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
337° cold |
337° cold |
846° cold |
1254° cool |
1457° cool |
1661° cool |
1559° cool |
1559° cool |
745° cold |
1050° cold |
337° cold |
643° cold |
| Real (median) |
337°
very cold |
337°
very cold |
847°
cold |
1253°
cool |
1457°
cool |
1661°
cool |
1560°
cool |
1559°
cool |
745°
cold |
1050°
cool |
338°
very cold |
642°
very cold |
| Humidity |
nice 65% |
nice 67% |
nice 68% |
damp 73% |
damp 79% |
damp 84% |
damp 88% |
damp 88% |
damp 88% |
damp 82% |
damp 76% |
nice 67% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
dry 40mm |
rainy 54mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 193mm |
rainy 246mm |
rainy 180mm |
rainy 133mm |
rainy 77mm |
dry 42mm |
dry 36mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 35% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 36% |
| Air quality |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people |
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