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| ⭐️ Total score | 3 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Mali |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (92%) = feels 41°C 106°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 59 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 1,000 XOF in USD | USD 1.48 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | XOF 100,000 = USD 148 |
| ☕️ 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 int'l air carrier | Turkish Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Golden Life American Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,824 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,009 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,884 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $538 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $193 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $205 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $948 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $44 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,554 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $51 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ 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 59** US AQI | okay 59** US AQI | okay 59** US AQI | okay 59** US AQI | okay 59** US AQI | okay 59** US AQI | okay 59** US AQI | okay 59** US AQI | okay 59** US AQI | okay 59** 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 | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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