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| ⭐️ Overall score | 250 reviews |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | South Africa |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 29 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 17°C 62°F + 😊 Comfy (55%) = feels 18°C 64°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 107 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 16 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Gardens |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Foreshore |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Cell C |
| 💸 100 ZAR in USD | USD 6.74 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZAR 1,000 = USD 67 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | 88mph |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Daddyo |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 14% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,370,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 26,256 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 430,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $5,105 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 16x16m (256m²) per person |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Takealot |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | GumTree |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Mango |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,794 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,264 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,616 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $747 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $640 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $135 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,248 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $58 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | $1,988 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $65 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members 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
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Roads can be dangerous
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| Feels | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild |
| Real | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 6317° cool | 6720° mild | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild |
| Humidity | nice 63% | nice 65% | nice 68% | nice 64% | nice 64% | nice 64% | nice 69% | nice 63% | nice 63% | nice 61% | nice 63% | nice 61% |
| Rain | dry 7mm | dry 7mm | dry 12mm | dry 14mm | dry 30mm | rainy 60mm | rainy 53mm | dry 19mm | dry 20mm | dry 27mm | dry 5mm | dry 13mm |
| Cloud | pockets 20% | clear 10% | pockets 37% | pockets 42% | cloudy 61% | pockets 43% | cloudy 53% | pockets 27% | pockets 30% | pockets 39% | pockets 36% | pockets 32% |
| Air quality | clean 19 US AQI | clean 14 US AQI | clean 11 US AQI | clean 13 US AQI | clean 12 US AQI | clean 16 US AQI | clean 15 US AQI | clean 17 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | clean 20 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI | clean 18 US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,667 people | 800 people | 644 people | 580 people | 556 people | 400 people | 240 people | 475 people | 556 people | 700 people | 850 people | 817 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 40° 104° 31° 87°🥵AQI 38✈️13h$2,835 / mo🌇 Also went here118 peopleHow did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 73✈️13h$4,964 / mo🌇 Also went here162 peopleHonestly, this is an awesome place to be if you're actually trying to get work done. It's a bit of an older vibe than Canggu, and there's certainly a big chunk of yogi's kicking around — but I liked it much better than Canggu and found it less pretentious. Plus, you can drive down there in 45mins whenever you want some beach or party vibes. As others mentioned, there's some great coworking spaces, cheap warungs, some really nice spots to stay cheaply if you go just outside of the mad tourist
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°AQI 70✈️13h$1,344 / mo🌇 Also went here108 peopleDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84°🥵AQI 50✈️14h$1,357 / mo🌇 Also went here174 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 33° 91° 28° 83°🥵AQI 57✈️14h$993 / mo🌇 Also went here135 peopleI've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°AQI 107😷✈️17h$5,080 / mo🌇 Also went here140 peopleTokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 35° 95° 30° 86°🥵AQI 9✈️20h$4,167 / mo🌇 Also went here118 peopleI've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 19✈️22h$5,847 / mo🌇 Also went here120 people
