⭐️ Total score |
2.57/5 (Rank #365)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍3 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,365 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 11 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C83°F (feels 32°C90°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 82%
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Good
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$326 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Sri Lanka |
🗓️ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (82%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 1,000 LKR in USD | USD 3.32 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LKR 100,000 = USD 332 |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | The Old Railway Cafe |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Lemongrass Cafe |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Nomad Trails Thalpe Station |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👎3% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 99,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,910 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Teaching Hospital Mahamodara |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,365 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $716 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,062 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $303 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $794 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,500 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $429 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $165,664 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $37 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $49 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $213 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,326 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $0 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Friendly people
✅ Great food options
✅ Fun things to do
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Unstable internet
❌ Frequent power outages
❌ Poor coffee scene
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 33°C / 91°F hot |
Real (median) |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
Humidity |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 85% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
dry 37mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 157mm |
rainy 290mm |
rainy 280mm |
rainy 227mm |
rainy 219mm |
rainy 251mm |
rainy 273mm |
rainy 259mm |
rainy 157mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 40% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 41% |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 325 people | 525 people | 343 people | 367 people | 0 people | 200 people | 440 people | 200 people | 200 people | 233 people | 300 people | 433 people |
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