⭐️ Total score | 2.97/5 (Rank #466) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,053 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 2Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 36°C96°F (feels 39°C102°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 35% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 70 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 33 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Bad |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Bad |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $235 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 😤 Dense: 18k ppl/km² (7x7m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Egypt |
⏱ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 36°C 96°F + 😊 Comfy (35%) = feels 39°C 102°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 70 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 34 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 EGP in USD | USD 3.24 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EGP 10,000 = USD 324 |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | The District |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | The Greek Campus |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 3,067,100 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 58,781 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 9,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,823 / year |
😤 Population density | 😤 crowded: 7x7m (49m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 76% 👱♀️ 24% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | AirEgypt |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | AirEgypt |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,053 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $590 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,164 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $333 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $724 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $907 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $180 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $34 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $30 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $88 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $2,510 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg ~3km/2mi trip) | $0 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Great hospitals
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Feels crowded
❌ 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+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 8228° warm | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 10943° scorching | 11144° scorching | 10038° hot | 8831° hot | 8429° warm | 6820° mild |
Real | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 8228° very warm | 9133° hot | 9234° hot | 9736° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot | 8429° very warm | 8127° warm | 6619° mild |
Humidity | nice 60% | nice 61% | nice 51% | nice 44% | nice 40% | nice 49% | nice 49% | nice 51% | nice 56% | nice 59% | nice 64% | nice 60% |
Rain | dry 2mm | dry 16mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 3mm | dry 8mm |
Cloud | pockets 30% | pockets 30% | pockets 22% | pockets 16% | pockets 11% | clear 6% | clear 8% | pockets 10% | pockets 13% | pockets 22% | pockets 31% | pockets 49% |
Air quality | clean 31 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 29 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 34 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 586 people | 644 people | 820 people | 540 people | 550 people | 283 people | 483 people | 275 people | 400 people | 1,000 people | 778 people | 586 people |
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