| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.45/5 (Rank #149)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
1% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,191 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 24 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C85°F (feels 29°C84°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 29%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
🥵 Low: 37%
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 57 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Good
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Bad
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$493 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Good |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
| 📶 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 |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Thailand |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 30°C 85°F + 🌵 Too dry (29%) = feels 29°C 84°F
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| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 57 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 THB in USD | USD 3.12 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | THB 10,000 = USD 312 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 5% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | True Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👎2% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 70,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,911 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | 9 Apartment |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,191 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $700 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,297 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $371 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $545 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,405 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $230 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $87,411 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $26 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $46 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $278 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $7,800 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $4 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2882° warm |
3086° warm |
3493° hot |
3493° hot |
3799° hot |
3697° hot |
3799° hot |
3493° hot |
38100° hot |
3493° hot |
3290° hot |
2577° warm |
| Real (median) |
2679°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
3290°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3187°
hot |
2984°
very warm |
2984°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
3085°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2577°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 72% |
nice 63% |
nice 42% |
nice 67% |
sweaty 74% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 90% |
nice 77% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 15mm |
dry 17mm |
dry 20mm |
rainy 129mm |
rainy 165mm |
rainy 304mm |
rainy 389mm |
rainy 392mm |
rainy 340mm |
rainy 147mm |
rainy 52mm |
dry 4mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 27% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 23% |
| Air quality |
okay 93 US AQI |
bad 134 US AQI |
bad 168 US AQI |
bad 182 US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
bad 255 US AQI |
okay 57* US AQI |
okay 57* US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,550 people | 1,020 people | 1,114 people | 720 people | 1,080 people | 825 people | 1,080 people | 1,080 people | 600 people | 840 people | 1,560 people | 1,500 people |
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