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Patna

Best for: Bihar nomads with a specific reason to be there — not a discretionary base.

Mid-tier monthly cost

Full breakdown

$655/mo

  • Rent$250
  • Groceries$130
  • Dining out$110
  • Transport$25
  • Utilities$70
  • Coworking$70

Climate at a glance

Year heatmap

Humid subtropical (continental)

Best months

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Annual range: 16°–33°C

FIRE math at this cost

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Annual spend

$7,860

FIRE target (4% SWR)

$196,500

Coast-FIRE @ 7%/30yr

$25,814

Editorial estimates using the standard 4% Trinity-study rule. Run the FIRE calculator for sequence-of-returns risk, custom withdrawal rates, and country-specific tax assumptions.

Visa for nomads

Medium nomad-friendly

Pathway

Extendable tourist

Program

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Typical max stay

6 months

e-Tourist visa (180 days max) or X-1/X-2 longer routes; no formal DNV.

Visa concierges

Editorial summary, not legal advice. Verify with the relevant consulate before applying — visa programs change with little notice.

Field notes

Bihar capital on the Ganges — historically dense (Pataliputra) but underdeveloped by modern Indian-metro standards. Same e-Tourist visa story as Mumbai. Boring Road and Patliputra Colony are the better residential pockets. The structural filter is real — coworking is essentially absent, infrastructure is patchy, and most nomad-relevant cafés are inside hotels. Brutal pre-monsoon heat (May–June, regularly 43°C+). Cheap rents but very thin services. Most nomads bypass Bihar.

Three brutal stretches and one short comfortable one. Pre-monsoon (April–June) hits 43°C+. Monsoon (July–September) is the heavy rain stretch (10 mm/day at peak) with regular Ganga-flooding. Winter (November–February) is the only sustainable nomad window — sub-20°C nights with low humidity.

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