Places · Bangladesh
Living in Sylhet
Bangladesh · tropical
Sylhet is a mid-sized city of roughly 530,000 people near the mountains in Bangladesh. The climate is tropical. It sits well off the usual tourist trail and is considered very safe. A typical month of living costs around $700. Healthcare is limited, so serious care may mean travelling, and the internet is generally reliable. People come here for gardening and rural life, food and eating out, quiet days.
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At a glance
Who tends to love Sylhet
- Making a budget stretch further
- Feeling safe day to day
- A genuinely good food scene
- Peace, quiet and few crowds
- Anyone into gardening and rural life
- Anyone into food and eating out
All parameters
📈 Popularity & prices: Growing
Accommodation prices have moved about +22% in the last 5 years.
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Good to know
- • Natural risks worth checking: flood.
- • Healthcare is basic; complex care may mean travelling.
⚠️ The honest downsides
- •Malaria is present, mostly in rural areas and the wet season.
- •Rabies risk from stray dogs, think twice before petting animals.
- •Tap water isn't reliably drinkable, budget for filtered or bottled.
- •Air quality: PM2.5 averages ~65 µg/m³ (WHO guideline is 5).
- •Natural hazards to check locally: flooding.
Health, air (WHO PM2.5), water & crime figures are rough country-level estimates, verify for your case.
On the map
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