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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 209 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Gambia |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 32°C 90°F + Humid (73%) = feels 42°C 108°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 76 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Africell |
| 💸 100 GMD in USD | USD 1.93 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GMD 10,000 = USD 193 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cassy's Cafe & Restaurant |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | JokkoLabs |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 31,000 people |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Corendon |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Corendon |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $827 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $371 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $739 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $211 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $155 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $72 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $953 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $45 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (17 listings) | $502 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $16 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Humid now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not 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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| Feels | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 8831° hot | 8630° warm | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 10440° hot | 9736° hot | 9032° hot |
| Real | 8630° very warm | 8731° hot | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot |
| Humidity | too dry 28% | too dry 24% | nice 35% | nice 50% | nice 66% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 77% | nice 53% | nice 40% |
| Rain | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 2mm | rainy 113mm | rainy 124mm | rainy 135mm | rainy 60mm | dry 3mm | dry 1mm |
| Cloud | pockets 44% | pockets 45% | pockets 19% | pockets 17% | pockets 22% | cloudy 54% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 56% | pockets 30% | pockets 37% |
| Sun | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI |
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