⭐️ Total score |
2.11/5 (Rank #847)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,024 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 9 Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 26°C79°F (feels 30°C86°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 89%
|
❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 5%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 115 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Good
|
👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 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 |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 26°C 79°F + 😊 Comfy (89%) = feels 30°C 86°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 115 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.14 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 114 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Coffee Day |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | 99Acres |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Indigo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Jet Airways |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,024 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $609 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $775 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $222 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $671 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,394 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $398 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $53,718 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $31 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $46 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $78 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ 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) | 34°C / 93°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot |
Real (median) |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
Humidity |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 73% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 12mm |
dry 29mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 169mm |
rainy 313mm |
rainy 300mm |
rainy 354mm |
rainy 288mm |
rainy 264mm |
rainy 262mm |
rainy 187mm |
rainy 63mm |
Cloud |
pockets 38% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 41% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 28% |
Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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