| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
4.11/5 (Rank #9)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍13 liked it 👎3 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
9% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,962 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 14 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C85°F (feels 37°C99°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 86%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 9%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 81 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 50 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Good
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Good |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Great |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$422 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 16x16m)
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| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Indonesia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 17 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 14 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌫 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (86%) = feels 37°C 99°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 81 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 50 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Jalan Raya |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | North Ubud |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 5.50 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 10,000,000 = USD 550 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Outpost |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | KAFE |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Kismet |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 6,238,300 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 119,557 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 77,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,060 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 16x16m (256m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Tokopedia |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Singapore Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | BIMC Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,962 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,868 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for couple | $2,668 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,316 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,233 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $508 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,776 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,171 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $208,921 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $24 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $91 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $202 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $5,142 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Fast internet
✅ Great for digital nomads
✅ Affordable accommodation
✅ Beautiful surroundings
✅ Strong expat community
✅ Many coworking spaces
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here
✅ Many Nomads.com members here all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Heavy traffic
❌ Not walkable
❌ Dirty
❌ Overdeveloped
❌ Noisy
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3391° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
2882° warm |
2984° warm |
2984° warm |
2984° warm |
3290° hot |
3188° hot |
| Real (median) |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2678°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 86% |
nice 82% |
nice 83% |
nice 83% |
nice 82% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 86% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 384mm |
rainy 273mm |
rainy 249mm |
rainy 93mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 54mm |
dry 43mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 116mm |
rainy 253mm |
rainy 222mm |
| Cloud |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 86% |
| Air quality |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 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 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 7,341 people | 7,650 people | 7,833 people | 9,277 people | 5,718 people | 6,488 people | 3,486 people | 5,576 people | 7,275 people | 7,500 people | 7,800 people | 6,000 people |
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