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| ⭐️ Total score | 4 reviews |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (83%) = feels 35°C 95°F |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 WST in USD | USD 3.58 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | WST 1,000 = USD 358 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Coffee Bean Cafe |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Tanoa Apia |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Tanoa Apia |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 36,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,214 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 75% 👱♀️ 25% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Fiji Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,928 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,770 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,744 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,070 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,946 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,853 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $756 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $91 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $61 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $177 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $11 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 9937° hot | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 9334° hot |
| Real | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8329° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 81% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 80% |
| Rain | rainy 185mm | rainy 352mm | rainy 201mm | rainy 123mm | rainy 118mm | rainy 136mm | rainy 83mm | rainy 166mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 113mm | rainy 190mm | rainy 172mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 61% | cloudy 90% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 56% | pockets 48% | cloudy 55% | pockets 42% | cloudy 57% | pockets 32% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 61% |
| Sun | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI |
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