⭐️ Total score |
2.07/5 (Rank #996)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍2 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $983 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 8Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 37°C99°F (feels 34°C93°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 12%
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 124 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$142 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Okay |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 37°C 99°F + 🌵 Too dry (12%) = feels 34°C 93°F
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💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 125 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.17 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 117 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Coffee Day |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 5% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | 99Acres |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Indigo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Jet Airways |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $983 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $552 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $959 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $274 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $700 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,024 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $134 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $33 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $34 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $91 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2.34 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0.36 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1.79 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1.38 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,104 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $0.82 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $0.41 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
68
20° mild |
77
25° warm |
84
29° warm |
91
33° hot |
90
32° hot |
93
34° hot |
93
34° hot |
90
32° hot |
90
32° hot |
84
29° warm |
77
25° warm |
72
22° mild |
Real |
67
20°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
90
32°
hot |
98
37°
hot |
92
34°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
79
26°
warm |
71
22°
mild |
Humidity |
nice 35% |
too dry 28% |
too dry 13% |
too dry 7% |
too dry 23% |
nice 39% |
nice 40% |
nice 44% |
nice 43% |
nice 33% |
too dry 28% |
too dry 29% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 0mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 5mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 306mm |
rainy 296mm |
rainy 169mm |
dry 39mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 6mm |
Cloud |
pockets 13% |
clear 5% |
clear 5% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 30% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 15% |
Air quality |
bad 219 US AQI |
bad 198 US AQI |
bad 184 US AQI |
bad 171 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 168 US AQI |
bad 241 US AQI |
bad 277 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 267 people | 311 people | 229 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 325 people | 229 people |
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