⭐️ Total score |
2.16/5 (Rank #927)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,860 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F (feels 38°C100°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 82%
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
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🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Okay
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Great
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$115 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Cameroon |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (82%) = feels 38°C 100°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 1,000 XAF in USD | USD 1.62 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | XAF 100,000 = USD 162 |
💻 Best coworking space | ActivSpaces |
☕️ Best coffee place | 5 fourchettes |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,900,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,374 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 75% 👱♀️ 25% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Lamudi |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Camair Co |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Camair Co |
🏥 Best hospital | Centre Medical dUrgence et de Reanimation |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,860 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,245 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,164 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $904 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,685 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,386 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $827 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $79 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $45 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $159 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $3,173 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $16 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ 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
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be 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 |
82
28° warm |
82
28° warm |
82
28° warm |
84
29° warm |
82
28° warm |
81
27° warm |
79
26° warm |
79
26° warm |
81
27° warm |
81
27° warm |
82
28° warm |
82
28° warm |
Real |
83
29°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
83
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very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
80
27°
warm |
79
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warm |
79
26°
warm |
80
27°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
83
29°
very warm |
Humidity |
nice 38% |
nice 37% |
nice 39% |
nice 39% |
nice 42% |
nice 42% |
nice 42% |
nice 43% |
nice 43% |
nice 43% |
nice 41% |
nice 38% |
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Rain |
dry 31mm |
dry 33mm |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 160mm |
rainy 272mm |
rainy 307mm |
rainy 258mm |
rainy 314mm |
rainy 328mm |
rainy 335mm |
rainy 180mm |
dry 36mm |
Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 36% |
Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
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