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| ⭐️ Total score | 22 reviews |
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| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Sri Lanka |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 13 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 31°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (77%) = feels 40°C 104°F
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| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 LKR in USD | USD 3.28 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LKR 100,000 = USD 328 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Bites |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 810,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,910 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Sri Lankan Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,382 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,026 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,868 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $534 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $969 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,798 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $445 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $246,225 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $45 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $59 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $77 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $0 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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) | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot |
| Real (median) |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 86% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 91mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 157mm |
rainy 274mm |
rainy 155mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 39% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 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 |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 300 people | 300 people | 300 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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