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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 90 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 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 | India |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 30°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (90%) = feels 38°C 100°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 |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.05 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 105 |
| 💸 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 | 3,800,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
| 🏞 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 | $943 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $572 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $908 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $259 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $378 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,265 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $361 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $94,359 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $18 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $160 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $980 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $0 / 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 sweaty and humid now
❌ 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 (median) |
2068° mild |
2577° warm |
3188° hot |
3595° hot |
3595° hot |
39102° hot |
45113° scorching |
42108° scorching |
42108° scorching |
3493° hot |
2781° warm |
2272° mild |
| Real (median) |
2067°
mild |
2577°
warm |
3290°
hot |
3798°
hot |
3493°
hot |
3391°
hot |
3391°
hot |
3188°
hot |
3188°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
2271°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 58% |
nice 48% |
too dry 27% |
too dry 18% |
nice 36% |
nice 61% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 84% |
nice 67% |
nice 57% |
nice 54% |
| 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 137mm |
rainy 306mm |
rainy 296mm |
rainy 170mm |
dry 40mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 7mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 18% |
clear 5% |
clear 5% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 33% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 22% |
| 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 |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 720 people | 800 people | 982 people | 686 people | 686 people | 600 people | 600 people | 771 people | 600 people | 700 people | 1,000 people | 771 people |
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