| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.9/5 (Rank #1049)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍2 liked it 👎5 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,431 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 4 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 37°C99°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 90%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 71 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 62 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Great
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Low |
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$195 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Laos |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (90%) = feels 37°C 99°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 71 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 63 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100,000 LAK in USD | USD 4.46 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LAK 10,000,000 = USD 446 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Toh Lao |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe France |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 210,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,339 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | ImmoLaos |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,431 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,293 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,558 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $731 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $361 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,349 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $648 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $37,883 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $17 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $77 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $112 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $9,926 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | 0 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Friendly people
✅ Very affordable
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Slow and unstable internet
❌ Expensive compared to value
❌ Not remote worker friendly
❌ Limited things to do
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2882° warm |
3188° hot |
3799° hot |
39102° hot |
45113° scorching |
3799° hot |
38100° hot |
43109° scorching |
39102° hot |
3493° hot |
3493° hot |
2984° warm |
| Real (median) |
2780°
warm |
2984°
very warm |
3391°
hot |
3391°
hot |
3493°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
3289°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2985°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 63% |
nice 57% |
nice 53% |
nice 60% |
nice 69% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 72% |
nice 67% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 1mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 38mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 236mm |
rainy 314mm |
rainy 361mm |
rainy 376mm |
rainy 308mm |
rainy 107mm |
dry 22mm |
dry 1mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 17% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 36% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 80% |
overcast 92% |
overcast 90% |
overcast 91% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 30% |
| Air quality |
bad 110 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 25 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,985 people | 1,527 people | 1,200 people | 1,200 people | 1,400 people | 1,543 people | 600 people | 1,067 people | 867 people | 1,250 people | 1,667 people | 1,477 people |
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