⭐️ Total score |
2.23/5 (Rank #646)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,017 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 13Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 27°C81°F (feels 32°C90°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 92%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 35 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Great
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$298 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 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 |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Indonesia |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 13 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 27°C 81°F + 🥵 Sweaty (92%) = feels 32°C 90°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 35 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | GoJEK |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 6.24 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 1,000,000 = USD 62 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 880,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,570 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Tokopedia |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Garuda |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,017 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $699 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,641 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $469 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $338 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $871 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $359 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $16 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $29 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $201 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,366 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $25 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ 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+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
82
28° warm |
86
30° warm |
84
29° warm |
88
31° hot |
88
31° hot |
90
32° hot |
90
32° hot |
88
31° hot |
88
31° hot |
90
32° hot |
88
31° hot |
86
30° warm |
Real |
82
28°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
Humidity |
nice 47% |
nice 43% |
nice 47% |
nice 45% |
nice 47% |
nice 43% |
nice 40% |
nice 45% |
nice 44% |
nice 45% |
nice 45% |
nice 48% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
rainy 242mm |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 246mm |
rainy 279mm |
rainy 215mm |
rainy 143mm |
rainy 160mm |
rainy 178mm |
rainy 255mm |
rainy 293mm |
rainy 318mm |
rainy 321mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 59% |
Air quality |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 27 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 19 US AQI |
clean 35* US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
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