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| ⭐️ Total score | 220 reviews |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Zambia |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 21°C 70°F + 😊 Comfy (54%) = feels 21°C 70°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 39 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | MTN |
| 💸 100 ZMW in USD | USD 5.87 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZMW 10,000 = USD 587 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Zambean Coffee Co |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | The Works at Latitude 15 Degrees |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,270 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | KLM |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Coptic Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,486 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $643 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,587 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $454 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $352 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $106 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,194 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $103 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 32 listings) | $865 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ 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+
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21° mild |
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24° warm |
81
27° warm |
86
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86
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86
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| Humidity |
nice 95% |
nice 96% |
nice 87% |
nice 65% |
nice 59% |
nice 57% |
nice 54% |
nice 38% |
nice 36% |
nice 40% |
nice 49% |
nice 56% |
| Rain |
rainy 220mm |
rainy 270mm |
rainy 90mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 90mm |
| Cloud |
overcast 94% |
overcast 92% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 15% |
clear 5% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 29% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 60% |
| Sun |
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