| ⭐️ Total score |
1.8/5 (Rank #582)
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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 |
😝 Cheap: $968 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 11 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 20°C68°F (feels 21°C70°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 28%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Very low: 5%
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 124 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* |
Low |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$142 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Okay |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Bad |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | India |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 20°C 68°F + 🌵 Too dry (28%) = feels 21°C 70°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 125 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 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 | Cafe Coffee Day |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 87% 👱♀️ 13% |
| 🏞 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 | $968 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $555 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $912 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $261 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $674 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,093 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $128 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $100,054 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $32 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $87 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $1,050 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $0 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ 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
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here
❌ 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) | 20°C / 68°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 45°C / 113°F scorching | 46°C / 115°F scorching | 43°C / 109°F scorching | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 34°C / 93°F hot | 27°C / 81°F warm | 22°C / 72°F mild |
| Real (median) |
20°C / 67°F
mild |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
37°C / 98°F
hot |
34°C / 92°F
hot |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 69% |
nice 56% |
too dry 25% |
too dry 14% |
nice 46% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 86% |
nice 65% |
nice 56% |
nice 57% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 0mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 5mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 306mm |
rainy 296mm |
rainy 169mm |
dry 39mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 6mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 13% |
clear 5% |
clear 5% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 30% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 15% |
| Air quality |
bad 219 US AQI |
bad 198 US AQI |
bad 184 US AQI |
bad 171 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 168 US AQI |
bad 241 US AQI |
bad 277 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 267 people | 311 people | 229 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 233 people | 200 people | 233 people | 311 people | 257 people |
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