⭐️ Total score | 2.73/5 (Rank #1133) |
👍 Quality of life score | Bad |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,987 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 2Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 34°C92°F (feels 43°C109°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 62% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 53 US AQI |
👌 Safety | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Very low |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $65 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Good |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Mali |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 34°C 92°F + 😊 Comfy (62%) = feels 43°C 109°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 53 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Orange |
💸 1,000 XOF in USD | USD 1.64 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | XOF 100,000 = USD 164 |
☕️ Best coffee place | TAXI Bamako |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Donilab |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
📸 Visitors per year | 193,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 3,699 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $778 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Turkish Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Turkish Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Golden Life American Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,987 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,071 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,087 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $596 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $214 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $227 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,089 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $51 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 69 listings) | $1,535 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $50 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 8429° warm | 8630° warm | 9535° hot | 10239° hot | 11144° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10038° hot | 9133° hot | 9937° hot | 10239° hot | 9032° hot | 8429° warm |
Real | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 10038° hot | 9937° hot | 9535° hot | 8831° hot | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 9032° hot |
Humidity | too dry 10% | too dry 10% | too dry 14% | too dry 29% | nice 43% | nice 55% | sweaty 72% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 80% | nice 65% | too dry 24% | too dry 13% |
Rain | dry 1mm | dry 2mm | dry 4mm | dry 20mm | dry 39mm | rainy 109mm | rainy 271mm | rainy 416mm | rainy 211mm | rainy 78mm | dry 5mm | dry 0mm |
Cloud | pockets 11% | pockets 26% | pockets 38% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 77% | pockets 46% | pockets 40% |
Air quality | bad 162 US AQI | okay 53** US AQI | okay 53** US AQI | okay 53** US AQI | okay 53** US AQI | okay 53** US AQI | okay 53** US AQI | okay 53** US AQI | okay 53** US AQI | okay 53** US AQI | okay 53** US AQI | bad 174 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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