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Chiang Mai

Thailand · UTC+7

82out of 100
Your passportFrance passport: visa-free entry, 60 days. The nomad visa is for beyond that.

The eight criteria

Connection80
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Cost of living92
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Safety85
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Community90
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Climate78
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Visa96
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Coworking88
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Time zone50
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What carries the city
  • Coût de vie le plus bas d'Asie du Sud-Est
  • Coworkings de classe mondiale (CAMP, MANA)
  • Air qualité variable (brûlages mars–mai)
  • Scène startup thaï florissante
What to know
  • Visa thaï = 30j max sans extension (compliqué)
  • Brume de fumée mars–mai
The nomad visa

LTR Visa (Long-Term Resident) 10 ans possible

All 199 passports, in The Keyring
Shared hours

3 working hours shared with Western Europe.

0 with the US east coast.

The season

Climatically workable months: January, February, November, December.

The exact week, in La Fenêtre
The Carnet

169 addresses in Chiang Mai, 20 of them cafés, in the Circle’s Carnet.

See the city page

Where Chiang Mai stands

82/100 — rank 87 of the 834 cities scored, and 2 of the 251 in Asia. A score on its own says nothing; its position explains it.

What carries it: Communauté nomad (90/100, rank 2), Coworkings dispo (88/100, rank 4). What holds it back: Timezone (EU+US) (50/100, rank 605), Qualité Internet (80/100, rank 540).

The six closest profiles

Closeness is computed across all eight scores, not the overall one: two cities at 80 may have nothing in common — one expensive and safe, the other cheap and loud. It is the shape of the profile that matches.