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| ⭐️ Total score | 49 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 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* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 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 | Malaysia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 14 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (81%) = feels 35°C 95°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 65 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 61 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 MYR in USD | USD 2.37 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MYR 1,000 = USD 237 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | San Francisco Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Incubator4U |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 660,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $9,508 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Lazada |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Asia |
| 🏥 Best hospital | KMC MEDICAL CENTRE |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,369 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $835 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,767 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $505 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $759 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,252 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $278 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $71,105 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $186 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $3,729 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $6 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / 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
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 30°C / 86°F warm | 36°C / 97°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot |
| Real (median) |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
nice 92% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 94% |
sweaty 88% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 90% |
sweaty 95% |
sweaty 90% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 201mm |
rainy 95mm |
rainy 206mm |
rainy 235mm |
rainy 185mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 96mm |
rainy 117mm |
rainy 170mm |
rainy 252mm |
rainy 327mm |
rainy 287mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 51% |
| Air quality |
okay 50 US AQI |
okay 61* US AQI |
okay 61* US AQI |
okay 61* US AQI |
okay 61* US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 80 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 300 people | 360 people | 280 people | 500 people | 267 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 286 people |
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