 Bandar Baru Nilai has become a popular shopping town with the establishment of several major shopping malls such as Nilai 3 Wholesale Centre, Nilai Square, Mydin, Giant Hypermarket, Tesco Hypermarket, Mesa Mall and AEON Mall Nilai.Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as tropical rainforest (Af).An initiative by the state government to turn Negri Sembilan into an educational hub has also borne fruit as several foreign and local institutions of higher education have agreed to set up operations here.