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Mumbai

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Mumbai, August 28-September 2, September 7, September 11 2019. Got a friend to pick me up at the airport, so I can't evaluate how well UBER works from the airport. Prepaid taxi from the airport is my usual recommendation, and if I was traveling tomorrow that is what I would do. Inside of Mumbai, UBER was my go-to app and worked well. Autos (aka 'Tuk-tuks' in some places) get around well and are cheap, some are also on Uber. Be aware that unless you use a service like UBER, as a foreigner, the price will go up if you do not look and act like a local when you flag down your ride.

Food was varied and can be had in any variety, veg or non=veg, any nationality or region. Alcohol is available if you seek it out (some places will even deliver it to you with your pizza :). There are bars and night life in Mumbai that are fun, and feel free to get swept up in festival crowds in the earlier parts of the evening in major metropolitan areas. I never felt unsafe in Mumbai, but do not throw good traveler caution to the wind here.

Internet was spotty at times, but that may have just been my location. The internet tunnel I used worked, but YMMV. JIO was my phone provider of choice, and it seemed to work all across India. The city is historic and modern, slow and fast, very very rich, and desperately poor. Although prices here are higher relative to all other places in India, I will return to Mumbai (Bombay), and you should too... no one person can ever see it all.

4 years ago

Mumbai is a city in India. It is the capital of Maharashtra state, the most populous city in India and the 11th most populous city in the world, with a population of approximately 14.2 million. Mumbai is also the richest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South, West or Central Asia. It is also one of the fastest growing cities in the world.

It was originally a trading outpost of the Portuguese Empire, later taken over by the British East India Company. It served as the capital of the Bombay Presidency from the British colonial period until India's independence in 1947. Today, Mumbai is a bustling metropolis and the financial capital of India.

Mumbai is an alpha world city as per the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. It forms the financial capital of India and is one of the major commercial and business centres of India.

4 years ago

✅ Rich cultural variety in food

✅ Vibrant nightlife

✅ Good transportation options (like UBER and Tuk-tuks)

✅ Generally felt safe

✅ Fast-growing city

✅ Financial capital of India

✅ Affordable to live

✅ Pretty safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm all year round

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Good air quality usually

✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Easy to do business

✅ Great hospitals

✅ Democratic

✅ Safe for women

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse

❌ Spotty internet

❌ Higher prices relative to other places in India

❌ Freedom of speech is weak

❌ Not much to do

❌ Bad air quality today

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ Feels crowded

❌ Difficult to make friends

❌ Quality of education is low

❌ Roads can be dangerous

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Not family friendly

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels

77 25°
warm

79 26°
warm

86 30°
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88 31°
hot

91 33°
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86 30°
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82 28°
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86 30°
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81 27°
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79 26°
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81 27°
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89 32°
hot

90 32°
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86 30°
very warm

82 28°
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86 30°
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87 31°
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83 29°
very warm

Humidity

nice
31%

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27%

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Most common

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10mm

rainy
459mm

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711mm

rainy
253mm

rainy
305mm

rainy
76mm

dry
4mm

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3mm

Cloud

pockets
15%

pockets
12%

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11%

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23%

pockets
31%

pockets
48%

cloudy
61%

cloudy
54%

cloudy
56%

pockets
26%

pockets
39%

pockets
16%

Air quality

bad
180 US AQI

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164 US AQI

Sun

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
9 UVI

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11 UVI

avoid sun
10 UVI

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8 UVI

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6 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

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6 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

Remote workers

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708 people

873 people

725 people

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523 people

600 people

443 people

675 people

615 people

723 people

760 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. Not all nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

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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. Not all 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	2.81/5 (Rank #219) 306 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍9 liked it 👎0 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $1,389 / mo
📡 Internet	😡 Slow: 10Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 27°C81°F (feels 28°C82°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 56%
💨 Air quality (now)	😷 Unhealthy : 176 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Good: 64 US AQI
👌 Safety	Good
🤮 Food safety*	Good
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Good
🤝 Lack of racism*	Okay
🎓 Education level*	Low
⚡️ Power grid	Very bad
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Good
💰 Income level*	Very low: $142 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Okay
😤 People density	😤 Very dense: 30k ppl/km² (1 per 6x6m)
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Okay
🧳 Lost luggage*	Bad
🏥 Hospitals	Great
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Bad
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Okay
👩 Female friendly	Okay
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly	Bad
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Asia
🚩 Country	India
🗓️ Average trip length	8 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	10 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ 27°C 81°F + 😊 Comfy (56%) = feels 28°C 82°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👎☠️ 176 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👎😷 65 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay	North Central: Ward G/N
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood	East: Ward H/E
🚕 Best taxi app*	Ola
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 100 INR in USD	USD 1.18
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	INR 10,000 = USD 118
💸 Tipping	Yes, 7%
💳 Cashless	💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners)
💻 Best coworking space	youthapreneurs
💻 Best alt. coworking space	Bombay Connect
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	👍12% of visitors return
📸 Visitors per year	8,884,900 visitors
📸 Tourists now	170,279 tourists
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	12,000,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$1,706 / year
😤 Population density	😤 very crowded: 6x6m (36m²) per person
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 61% 👱‍♀️ 39%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 56% 👱‍♀️ 44%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 76% 👱‍♀️ 24%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Amazon
🏠 Apartment listings	Magicbricks
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	IndiGo
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Emirates

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$1,389 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$980 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,233 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$638 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$790 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$1,533 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$499 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$37 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$50 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$163 / month
🍛 Dinner	$2
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$0
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$2
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$2
👩‍🏫 International school	$3,249 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$1 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$1 / trip