⭐️ Total score |
2.06/5 (Rank #1063)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,106 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 10Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 24°C76°F (feels 24°C75°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 90%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 60 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$142 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Okay |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 24°C 76°F + 😊 Comfy (90%) = feels 24°C 75°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 60 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Ola |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.18 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 118 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 40,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Garuda |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,106 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $774 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,686 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $482 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $762 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,304 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $378 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $43 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $104 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
❌ Not much to do
❌ 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 |
95
35° hot |
100
38° hot |
102
39° hot |
104
40° hot |
99
37° hot |
97
36° hot |
93
34° hot |
91
33° hot |
95
35° hot |
95
35° hot |
91
33° hot |
97
36° hot |
Real |
85
30°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
85
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
83
29°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
83
29°
very warm |
83
29°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
Humidity |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 71% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 76% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 9mm |
dry 19mm |
rainy 54mm |
rainy 128mm |
rainy 221mm |
rainy 267mm |
rainy 263mm |
rainy 213mm |
rainy 199mm |
rainy 234mm |
rainy 178mm |
rainy 67mm |
Cloud |
pockets 39% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 42% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 30% |
Air quality |
bad 146 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 100 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 115 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 280 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 233 people |
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