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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 211 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Ethiopia |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 21°C 70°F + 😊 Comfy (47%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 95 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 79 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | RebTel |
| 💸 100 ETB in USD | USD 2.09 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ETB 10,000 = USD 209 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Tomoca Coffee |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $687 / year |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Africa World Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Ethiopian Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Bethzatha |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | €852 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €331 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €444 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €127 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €91 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €43 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | €1,263 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | €59 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (320 listings) | €735 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €24 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €0 |
Simple question. I’m going to Addis in March for ~2 months. Then maybe on to India.
Does anyone have some recommendations for places to stay and work around the city? I’d like to not have to worry too much about Internet (i.e. at least a few reliable hours per day, doesn’t need to be super fast).
Thanks!
Ugh. Thanks discouraging news. I’m going to be there for a while to be near my sister, so I’ll just have to deal with it.
Are there any better or worse neighborhoods to visit?
I went to Addis last year. I wouldn’t advise spending any length of time there unless it’s absolutely necessary. The city isn’t safe, you have to be careful everywhere you go. The poverty is very obvious with children begging everywhere. I found a few cafes with very slow internet, but wouldn’t be comfortable putting a nice laptop on show for all but one.
My husband and I are also thinking about Addis in April and look forward to seeing what people think. We’ve looked at iceaddis which I think is the only coworking space in the city.
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Dangerous
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Air quality | okay 68 US AQI | okay 59 US AQI | okay 65 US AQI | okay 65 US AQI | okay 68 US AQI | bad 108 US AQI | bad 102 US AQI | okay 82 US AQI | okay 79 US AQI | okay 59 US AQI | okay 59 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI |
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