⭐️ Total score | 3.15/5 (Rank #91) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍80% liked it 👎20% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,252 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 49Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Way too hot: 44°C111°F (feels 41°C106°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 9% |
💨 Air quality (now) | ☠️ Very unhealthy: 377 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 143 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* | Good |
😤 People density | 🤨 Busy: 11k ppl/km² (1 per 10x10m) |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | 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 | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | India |
🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 49 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 44°C 111°F + 🌵 Too dry (9%) = feels 41°C 106°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 377 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 144 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Ola |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 INR in USD | USD 1.20 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | INR 10,000 = USD 120 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 7% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | 91 Springboard |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Moonlighting |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍18% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 10,257,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 196,575 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 17,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,706 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 10x10m (100m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 60% 👱♀️ 40% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 84% 👱♀️ 16% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Quick |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | IndiGo |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,252 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $741 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,359 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $388 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $639 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,274 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $219 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $42 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $163 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,776 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6116° cool | 7222° mild | 8228° warm | 9032° hot | 9535° hot | 9937° hot | 8630° warm | 9334° hot | 9032° hot | 8429° warm | 7524° warm | 7021° mild |
Real | 5915° cool | 7222° mild | 8831° hot | 9736° hot | 9736° hot | 10038° hot | 8630° very warm | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 8731° hot | 7524° warm | 6921° mild |
Humidity | too dry 29% | too dry 22% | too dry 14% | too dry 7% | too dry 20% | too dry 22% | nice 37% | nice 37% | nice 40% | too dry 23% | too dry 20% | too dry 24% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 27mm | dry 3mm | dry 7mm | dry 7mm | dry 10mm | dry 30mm | rainy 202mm | rainy 129mm | rainy 97mm | dry 13mm | dry 0mm | dry 3mm |
Cloud | pockets 19% | clear 9% | clear 8% | pockets 12% | pockets 21% | pockets 23% | cloudy 59% | pockets 47% | pockets 44% | clear 8% | clear 8% | pockets 20% |
Air quality | bad 272 US AQI | bad 221 US AQI | bad 173 US AQI | bad 171 US AQI | bad 173 US AQI | bad 155 US AQI | bad 127 US AQI | bad 116 US AQI | bad 132 US AQI | bad 206 US AQI | bad 293 US AQI | bad 334 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 1,015 people | 800 people | 1,083 people | 786 people | 691 people | 433 people | 540 people | 527 people | 600 people | 1,091 people | 1,033 people | 969 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 42✈️9h$5,743 / mo🌇 Also went here174 people×I don't know exactly how Barcelona is still considered safe but it's far from it. It's probably the most dangerous city to live in Madrid and one of the most dangerous in europe, with constant pick-pocketing and even violent crimes to get your wallet and phone in certain areas. If you like a peaceful life, Barcelona is not the place anymore!!
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 20° 68° 19° 67°AQI 50✈️9h$4,894 / mo🌇 Also went here143 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
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°✈️16h$7,297 / mo🌇 Also went here141 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 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°✈️16h$5,792 / mo🌇 Also went here116 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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