⭐️ Total score | 2.39/5 (Rank #1089) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,138 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 5Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 30°C87°F (feels 37°C99°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 80% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 65 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Bad |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $126 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 3k ppl/km² (17x17m) |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Ghana |
⏱ Average trip length | 19 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 30°C 87°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 37°C 99°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 65 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cuppa Cappucino |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 760,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 14,565 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,600,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,517 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 17x17m (289m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 69% 👱♀️ 31% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Arik Air |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air France |
🏥 Best hospital | Nyaho Medical |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,138 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,883 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,266 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,219 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,317 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,245 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $880 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $109 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $74 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $264 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $9 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 10641° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10440° hot | 10641° scorching | 9535° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9535° hot | 9937° hot | 10440° hot |
Real | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot |
Humidity | sweaty 81% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 78% |
Rain | dry 21mm | dry 36mm | rainy 75mm | dry 30mm | dry 35mm | rainy 195mm | rainy 100mm | rainy 106mm | rainy 221mm | rainy 107mm | rainy 60mm | dry 21mm |
Cloud | pockets 47% | pockets 48% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 56% |
Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people | 267 people | 300 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 250 people | 200 people |
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