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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 250 reviews |
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| 👶 Family friendly | |
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| ❤️ Rated by nomads | |
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| 😄 Happiness | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBT friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | South Africa |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 28 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌧 18°C 65°F + 💦 Humid (79%) + 💨 11km/h = feels like 18°C 64°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 75 US AQI equal to 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Cell C |
| 💸 100 ZAR in USD | USD 5.40 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZAR 10,000 USD 540 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | 88mph |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 15% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,370,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 26,256 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 990,000 people |
| 😤 People density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 3,950 ppl/km² 16x16m (256m²) space per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Takealot |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | GumTree |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Mango |
| beachnightlifefoodkiteboardingairportmildmild nowslow internetcheap cost of livinghigh humidityfreedom of pressdemocracyfreedommany womenfriendly peopleadult nightlife |
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,493 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,057 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,096 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $599 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $513 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $108 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,031 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $48 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | $1,771 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $58 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $3 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 14° 57° 14° 56°AQI 41✈️22h$5,987 / mo🌇 Also went here96 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels like | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 6418° cool | 6317° cool | 6418° cool | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild |
| Real temperature | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7222° mild | 6820° mild | 6418° cool | 6317° cool | 6418° cool | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild |
| Humidity | comfy 71% | comfy 74% | comfy 79% | comfy 76% | comfy 78% | comfy 80% | damp 84% | comfy 78% | comfy 73% | comfy 73% | comfy 73% | comfy 71% |
| Rain | not rainy 7mm | not rainy 7mm | not rainy 12mm | not rainy 14mm | not rainy 30mm | rainy 61mm | rainy 52mm | not rainy 19mm | not rainy 20mm | not rainy 27mm | not rainy 5mm | not rainy 13mm |
| Cloud cover | pockets 20% | clear 10% | pockets 37% | pockets 42% | cloudy 61% | pockets 42% | cloudy 53% | pockets 27% | pockets 35% | pockets 39% | pockets 36% | pockets 32% |
| Air quality | clean 19 AQI | clean 14 AQI | clean 11 AQI | clean 13 AQI | clean 12 AQI | clean 16 AQI | clean 15 AQI | clean 17 AQI | clean 43 AQI | clean 20 AQI | clean 18 AQI | clean 18 AQI |
| UV Index | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | safe 3 UVI | safe 3 UVI | safe 3 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI |
| Nomad List members there | 8 people | 4 people | 4 people | 2 people | 3 people | 2 people | 1 people | 2 people | 3 people | 4 people | 4 people | 4 people |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Many nomads have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBT friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Roads can be dangerous
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