🏆 Nomad Score™ | 4.02/5 |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,896 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 8Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 23°C74°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Too humid: 79% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 3 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👍 Quality of life | Okay |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Not busy: 4k ppl/km² (16x16m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Good |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🙊 English speaking | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Good |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
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🌍 Region | Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 29 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌥 23°C 74°F + 💦 Humid (79%) + 💨 11km/h = Feels like 25°C 77°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 3 µg/m3 equal to / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | Cell C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 100 ZAR in USD | USD 6.90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: ZAR 1,000 | USD 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💻 Best coworking space | 88mph | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 15% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 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 nowclean airgood air qualityslow internethigh humidityfreedom of pressdemocracyfreedommany womenfriendly peopleadult nightlife |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,896 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,231 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,677 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $765 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $655 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $138 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $1,619 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $76 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (477 listings) | $1,784 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $59 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $4 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
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✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many nomads here all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBT friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
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