| ⭐️ Total score |
2.43/5 (Rank #468)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍2 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,507 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 14 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 27°C81°F (feels 31°C88°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 82%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😊 High: 80%
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 33 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Low:
$792 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Good |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Malaysia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 14 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 27°C 81°F + 🥵 Sweaty (82%) = feels 31°C 88°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 33 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 MYR in USD | USD 2.37 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MYR 1,000 = USD 237 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Smiling Buffalo Cafe |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Jetpack Langkawi |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎3% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 65,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $9,508 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 87% 👱♀️ 13% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Chenang Clinic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,507 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,017 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,874 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $536 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $556 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,789 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $266 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $153,883 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $26 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $59 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $163 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ 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
❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very 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) | 33°C / 91°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot |
| Real (median) |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 71% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 75% |
sweaty 77% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 77% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 27mm |
dry 3mm |
rainy 104mm |
rainy 183mm |
rainy 242mm |
rainy 182mm |
rainy 191mm |
rainy 225mm |
rainy 265mm |
rainy 326mm |
rainy 248mm |
rainy 124mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 42% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 36% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 41% |
| Air quality |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 26 US AQI |
clean 21 US AQI |
clean 23 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 420 people | 436 people | 418 people | 375 people | 514 people | 433 people | 420 people | 400 people | 343 people | 200 people | 333 people | 356 people |
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