| ⭐️ Total score |
1.96/5 (Rank #401)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,000 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 12 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 17°C63°F (feels 17°C63°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 41%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 5%
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy : 179 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Low |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$142 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 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 |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | India |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 14 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 17°C 63°F + 😊 Comfy (41%) = feels 17°C 63°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 179 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.11 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 111 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 73% 👱♀️ 27% |
| 🏞 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 | $1,000 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $609 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $943 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $269 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $555 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,259 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $360 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $61,200 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $26 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $107 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $1,106 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ 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
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ 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) | 16°C / 61°F cool | 22°C / 72°F mild | 26°C / 79°F warm | 28°C / 82°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 39°C / 102°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 23°C / 73°F mild | 17°C / 63°F cool |
| Real (median) |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 60% |
nice 51% |
nice 34% |
too dry 26% |
nice 55% |
nice 64% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 94% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 71% |
nice 63% |
nice 53% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 12mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 28mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 131mm |
rainy 354mm |
rainy 315mm |
rainy 190mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 7mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 15% |
pockets 10% |
clear 9% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 25% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 11% |
clear 7% |
pockets 18% |
| Air quality |
clean 47 US AQI |
bad 179 US AQI |
bad 179 US AQI |
bad 179 US AQI |
bad 179 US AQI |
bad 179 US AQI |
bad 179 US AQI |
bad 179 US AQI |
bad 179 US AQI |
bad 179* US AQI |
bad 179* US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 467 people | 314 people | 320 people | 200 people | 300 people | 350 people | 200 people | 0 people | 700 people | 333 people | 360 people | 267 people |
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