⭐️ Total score |
2.08/5 (Rank #1070)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,465 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 8Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 23°C74°F (feels 23°C73°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 36%
|
👌 Safety |
Bad
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Very bad
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$85 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Lesotho |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (36%) = feels 23°C 73°F
|
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 LSL in USD | USD 5.23 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LSL 10,000 = USD 523 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Renaissance Coffee & Cafe |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | GrindNation |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 430,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,017 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | South African Airways |
🏥 Best hospital | Maseru Private Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,465 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $884 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,375 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $393 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $858 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,460 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $262 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $40 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $48 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $87 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $838 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $9 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ 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 |
72
22° mild |
72
22° mild |
70
21° mild |
57
14° cool |
57
14° cool |
43
6° cold |
50
10° cold |
55
13° cool |
57
14° cool |
64
18° cool |
70
21° mild |
70
21° mild |
Real |
72
22°
mild |
72
22°
mild |
69
21°
mild |
57
14°
cool |
56
14°
cool |
43
6°
very cold |
49
10°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
57
14°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
69
21°
mild |
69
21°
mild |
Humidity |
nice 38% |
nice 33% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 23% |
too dry 19% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 16% |
nice 36% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 111mm |
rainy 62mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 24mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 104mm |
rainy 146mm |
Cloud |
pockets 33% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 19% |
clear 8% |
pockets 10% |
clear 2% |
clear 8% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 32% |
Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
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