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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 30 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 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 | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (86%) = feels 36°C 97°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 48 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 60 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.06 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 106 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 43,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| 🏞 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 | $1,074 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $680 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $674 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $193 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $426 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,914 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $547 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $58,244 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $20 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $63 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $158 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $2,197 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ 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
❌ 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) |
3493° hot |
38100° hot |
38100° hot |
40104° hot |
3595° hot |
3697° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3799° hot |
| Real (median) |
2984°
very warm |
3188°
hot |
3188°
hot |
3188°
hot |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 76% |
nice 70% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 77% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 9mm |
dry 19mm |
rainy 55mm |
rainy 128mm |
rainy 221mm |
rainy 267mm |
rainy 264mm |
rainy 213mm |
rainy 199mm |
rainy 235mm |
rainy 179mm |
rainy 67mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 39% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 54% |
| 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 |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 900 people | 600 people | 750 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 700 people |
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