2.64/5
103 reviews
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Vang Vieng

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✅ Affordable to live

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm all year round

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Safe for women

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

❌ No freedom of speech

❌ No democracy

❌ Not very safe

❌ Very slow internet

❌ Not much to do

❌ Very sweaty and humid now

❌ 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

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Marijuana is illegal

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Feels (median)

22°C / 72°F mild

24°C / 75°F warm

30°C / 86°F warm

32°C / 90°F hot

31°C / 88°F hot

32°C / 90°F hot

29°C / 84°F warm

25°C / 77°F warm

23°C / 73°F mild

Real (median)

22°C / 72°F
mild

24°C / 75°F
warm

28°C / 82°F
very warm

26°C / 79°F
warm

27°C / 80°F
warm

27°C / 81°F
warm

26°C / 79°F
warm

25°C / 76°F
warm

23°C / 73°F
mild

Humidity

nice
70%

nice
67%

nice
63%

sweaty
80%

sweaty
82%

nice
97%

sweaty
94%

sweaty
89%

nice
87%

nice
84%

nice
70%

Most common

Rain

dry
9mm

dry
21mm

dry
48mm

rainy
98mm

rainy
304mm

rainy
474mm

rainy
494mm

rainy
527mm

rainy
368mm

rainy
133mm

dry
38mm

dry
16mm

Cloud

pockets
13%

pockets
16%

pockets
22%

pockets
41%

pockets
50%

pockets
48%

pockets
47%

pockets
44%

pockets
41%

pockets
32%

pockets
20%

Sun

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
10 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

Remote workers

425 people

400 people

233 people

300 people

320 people

240 people

200 people

280 people

250 people

225 people

333 people

255 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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Bangkok

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London

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✈️12h

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Lisbon

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✈️14h

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31 Mbps

Singapore

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✈️3h

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113 Mbps

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✈️1h

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✈️13h

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Chiang Mai

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🌥 Feels 35° 95° 30° 87° 🥵 AQI 49

✈️29min

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Barcelona

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✈️11h

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Hanoi

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Luang Prabang

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Chiang Mai

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Hanoi

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✈️34min

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Bangkok

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Ho Chi Minh City

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Kuala Lumpur

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Singapore

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👍 Liked mediocre

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✈️3h

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Tokyo

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✈️5h

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Budapest

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✈️11h

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London

United Kingdom

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✈️12h

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Barcelona

Spain

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💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

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👍 Liked very bad

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Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

⭐️ Total score	2.64/5 (Rank #311) 103 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Bad
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $1,332 / mo
📡 Internet	🤬 Unusably slow: 3 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 32°C90°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	🥵 Sweaty: 78%
👌 Safety	Bad
👩 Safe for women	Okay
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Okay
🤮 Food safety*	Okay
🤝 Lack of racism*	Okay
🎓 Education level*	Low
💰 Income level*	Very low: $195 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Bad
🚶 Walkability	Bad
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Okay
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🍸 Nightlife	Bad
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Okay
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Bad
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Asia
🚩 Country	Laos
🗓️ Average trip length	4 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	3 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (78%) = feels 32°C 90°F
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 100,000 LAK in USD	USD 4.60
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	LAK 10,000,000 = USD 460
💸 Tipping	No
💳 Cashless	💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners)
☕️ Best coffee place	Coffee Inn
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	👎4% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	25,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$2,339 / year
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 82% 👱‍♀️ 18%
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
🏠 Apartment listings	ImmoLaos
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Vietnam

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$1,332 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$1,127 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,039 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$583 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$548 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$2,045 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$534 / month
🏠 Median home price	$12,432
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$26 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$67 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$89 / month
🍛 Dinner	$2
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$1
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$1
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$1