⭐️ Total score | 2.77/5 (Rank #492) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,482 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 11Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 22°C72°F (feels 22°C72°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 90% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 6 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
⚡️ Power grid | Okay |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $38 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Madagascar |
⏱ Average trip length | 13 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 11 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 22°C 72°F + 😊 Comfy (90%) = feels 22°C 72°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 6 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 115V230V50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10,000 MGA in USD | USD 2.33 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MGA 1,000,000 = USD 233 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Chill Out Cafe Ambondrona |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
📸 Visitors per year | 255,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 4,887 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $451 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,482 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $999 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,068 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $591 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $620 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,206 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $450 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $29 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $40 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $137 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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Feels | 8429° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 8429° warm | 7725° warm |
Real | 7926° warm | 7625° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 7725° warm |
Humidity | nice 85% | nice 90% | nice 89% | nice 85% | nice 76% | nice 73% | nice 71% | nice 67% | nice 67% | nice 63% | nice 64% | nice 72% |
Rain | rainy 194mm | rainy 247mm | rainy 171mm | dry 48mm | dry 10mm | dry 25mm | dry 3mm | dry 3mm | dry 12mm | dry 16mm | rainy 108mm | rainy 190mm |
Cloud | cloudy 66% | cloudy 74% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 81% | pockets 44% | pockets 38% | pockets 40% | pockets 36% | pockets 47% | pockets 43% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 72% |
Sun | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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