| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.71/5 (Rank #1085)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,555 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 5 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Great |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C83°F (feels 33°C91°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 79%
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 68 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🎓 Education level* |
Low |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Very bad
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$736 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
| 😤 People density |
😤 Dense: 23k ppl/km² (1 per 7x7m)
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Great |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Maldives |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (79%) = feels 33°C 91°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 68 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 100 MVR in USD | USD 6.47 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MVR 1,000 = USD 65 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Sea House Maldives |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Cafe' ier |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Kaani Lodge |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 140,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,833 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 😤 crowded: 7x7m (49m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 68% 👱♀️ 32% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ibay |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Emirates |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 🏥 Best hospital | ADK Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,555 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,597 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,369 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $963 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,769 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,561 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $786 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $16,181 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $83 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $215 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $376 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $2,848 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $7 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Very expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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) |
3188° hot |
3290° hot |
3188° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
| Real (median) |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2983°
very warm |
2983°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 80% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 88mm |
dry 24mm |
rainy 57mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 240mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 145mm |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 172mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 144mm |
rainy 154mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 69% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,650 people | 1,067 people | 857 people | 943 people | 1,200 people | 720 people | 600 people | 877 people | 720 people | 943 people | 1,350 people | 982 people |
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