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| ๐ Nomad Score™ | 112 reviews |
| ๐ Quality of life score | |
| ๐ถ Family score | |
| ๐ Community score | |
| ๐คฏ Overcrowding score | |
| ๐ต Cost | |
| ๐ก Internet | |
| ๐ Fun | |
| โ ๏ธ Temperature (now) | |
| ๐ฆ Humidity (now) | |
| ๐จ Air quality (now) | |
| ๐ Safety | |
| ๐ฉ Safe for women | |
| ๐ Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| ๐คฎ Food safety* | |
| ๐ฎโโ๏ธ Lack of crime* | |
| ๐ค Lack of racism* | |
| ๐ Education level* | |
| โก๏ธ Power grid | |
| ๐ Resilience to climate change | |
| ๐ฐ Income level* | |
| ๐ English speaking* | |
| ๐ถ Walkability | |
| ๐ฆ Traffic safety* | |
| โ๏ธ Airline scores* | |
| ๐งณ Lost luggage* | |
| ๐ Happiness* | |
| ๐ธ Nightlife | |
| ๐ถ Free WiFi in city | |
| ๐ฅ Places to work from | |
| โ๏ธ A/C or heating | |
| ๐ Friendly to foreigners | |
| ๐ฏ Freedom of speech* | |
| ๐ Startup Score |
| ๐ Continent | Asia |
| ๐ฉ Country | Sri Lanka |
| ๐๏ธ Average trip length | 8 days |
| ๐ก Internet speed (avg) | 23 Mbps |
| โ ๏ธ Weather (now) |
๐ง 28ยฐC 83ยฐF + ๐ฅต Sweaty (91%) = feels 35ยฐC 95ยฐF
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| ๐จ Air quality (now) | ๐ 62 US AQI ๐ OK |
| ๐ Power | 230V 50Hz |
| ๐ Best taxi app* |
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| ๐ Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| ๐ธ 1,000 LKR in USD | USD 3.04 |
| ๐ง Suggested ATM take out: | LKR 100,000 = USD 304 |
| ๐ณ Cashless | ๐ต No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| โ๏ธ Best coffee place | The Old Railway Cafe |
| โ๏ธ Best alt. coffee place | Lemongrass Cafe |
| ๐ช Best 24/7 coffee place | Nomad Trails Thalpe Station |
| ๐ฐ Tap water | ๐ซ No, not drinkable |
| โป๏ธ Return rate | ๐4% of visitors return |
| ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ Population | 340,000 people |
| ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ GDP per capita* | $3,910 / year |
| ๐ซ Gender ratio (nomads) |
๐จ 76% ๐ฑโโ๏ธ 24% |
| โช๏ธ Religious government | Non-religious |
| ๐ Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| โ๏ธ Best int'l air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
| ๐ฅ Best hospital | Teaching Hospital Mahamodara |
| ๐ต Cost of living for nomad | $1,137 / month |
| ๐ต Cost of living for expat | $778 / month |
| ๐ต Cost of living for family | $1,068 / month |
| ๐ต Cost of living for local | $305 / month |
| ๐จ Hotel (median price) | $461 / month |
| ๐ก Airbnb (median price) | $1,916 / month |
| ๐ 1br studio rent in center | $547 / month |
| ๐ Median home price | $151,298 |
| ๐จ Hotel (median price) | $22 / night |
| ๐ Airbnb (median price) | $63 / night |
| ๐ข Coworking hot desk | $120 / month |
| ๐ Dinner | $2 |
| ๐ฅค Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| ๐บ Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| โ๏ธ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| ๐ฉโ๐ซ International school | $1,215 / year |
| ๐ฑ Mobile data (~10GB) | $0 / month |
| ๐ Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
โ Friendly people
โ Great food options
โ Fun things to do
โ Affordable to live
โ Pretty safe
โ Fast internet
โ Lots of fun stuff to do
โ Warm now
โ Warm all year round
โ Good air quality on average
โ Many Nomads.com members have been
โ Spacious and not crowded
โ High quality of education
โ Roads are pretty safe
โ Democratic
โ LGBTQ+ friendly
โ Not many people smoke tobacco
โ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
โ Unstable internet
โ Frequent power outages
โ Poor coffee scene
โ Freedom of speech is weak
โ Very sweaty and humid now
โ Difficult to do business
โ Hospitals are bad
โ People don't speak English well
โ Not safe for women
โ Not family friendly
โ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3188ยฐ hot |
3290ยฐ hot |
3290ยฐ hot |
3290ยฐ hot |
3391ยฐ hot |
3391ยฐ hot |
3391ยฐ hot |
3290ยฐ hot |
3086ยฐ warm |
3391ยฐ hot |
3086ยฐ warm |
3290ยฐ hot |
| Real (median) |
2781°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2780°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 83% |
| Most common | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain | โ๏ธ Rain |
| Rain |
dry 37mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 158mm |
rainy 290mm |
rainy 281mm |
rainy 228mm |
rainy 220mm |
rainy 251mm |
rainy 274mm |
rainy 260mm |
rainy 158mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 73% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 975 people | 1,667 people | 1,050 people | 1,029 people | 600 people | 600 people | 1,320 people | 600 people | 600 people | 771 people | 840 people | 1,629 people |
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โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 41° 106° 32° 90° ๐ฅต AQI 28 โ๏ธ16min $913 / mo 9 Mbps
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 33° 91° 28° 82° Barely AC ๐ฅต AQI 27 โ๏ธ36min $1,357 / mo 9 Mbps
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โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ง Feels 33° 91° 28° 82° Barely AC ๐ฅต AQI 30 โ๏ธ41min $861 / mo 10 Mbps
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โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Liked ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 38° 100° 30° 86° Barely AC ๐ฅต AQI 42 โ๏ธ53min $1,032 / mo 11 Mbps
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