⭐️ Total score | 2.72/5 (Rank #144) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $721 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 80Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 31°C88°F (feels 33°C91°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 46% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 68 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 39 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
⚡️ Power grid | Bad |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Bad |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $60 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Nepal |
🗓️ Average trip length | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 80 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 31°C 88°F + 😊 Comfy (46%) = feels 33°C 91°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 68 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 40 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Sarathi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 1,000 NPR in USD | USD 7.52 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NPR 10,000 = USD 75 |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | coffee culture |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 260,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $722 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 75% 👱♀️ 25% |
🏠 Apartment listings | Hamrobazaar |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Etihad Airways |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $721 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $443 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $897 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $256 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $376 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $689 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $127 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $18 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $23 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $77 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,129 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 5513° cool | 489° cold | 6619° mild | 6116° cool | 7222° mild | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 5513° cool | 5714° cool |
Real | 5513° cool | 489° cold | 6619° mild | 6116° cool | 7122° mild | 7424° warm | 7424° warm | 7424° warm | 7424° warm | 7122° mild | 5513° cool | 5714° cool |
Humidity | too dry 27% | too dry 22% | too dry 16% | too dry 14% | nice 33% | nice 39% | nice 42% | nice 42% | nice 39% | nice 36% | too dry 29% | too dry 24% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain | dry 6mm | dry 10mm | dry 15mm | dry 22mm | rainy 261mm | rainy 444mm | rainy 411mm | rainy 424mm | rainy 271mm | rainy 189mm | dry 7mm | dry 41mm |
Cloud | pockets 21% | pockets 16% | pockets 17% | pockets 17% | pockets 41% | pockets 44% | pockets 47% | pockets 49% | pockets 41% | pockets 25% | pockets 28% | pockets 19% |
Air quality | bad 121 US AQI | clean 40* US AQI | okay 89 US AQI | okay 86 US AQI | okay 87 US AQI | clean 49 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 40 US AQI | okay 80 US AQI | bad 102 US AQI | bad 126 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 367 people | 450 people | 400 people | 333 people | 300 people | 600 people | 200 people | 300 people | 300 people | 450 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 23✈️9h$6,208 / mo🌇 Also went here31 people×I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 62°AQI 28✈️9h$5,529 / mo🌇 Also went here35 people×I don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 34✈️10h$5,780 / mo🌇 Also went here34 people×Hello i am agreed with previous comment . I was very passionate about Portugal pend here two and half years even more just living living here , not travel abroad . So my opinion its very beautiful country people are also very nice . Ideally if you working abroad . British and French expats are here . Nepal people hard workers and afro colonies people who came from Mozambique . Its totally fine no racism and totally solidarity . But , if you searching housing , and move in city of course , it wi
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 34✈️11h$3,789 / mo🌇 Also went here28 people×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°✈️16h$7,615 / mo🌇 Also went here27 people×How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 17° 63° 16° 61°✈️16h$5,773 / mo🌇 Also went here27 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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