⭐️ Total score | 2.4/5 (Rank #789) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍50% liked it 👎50% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,870 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 6Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Hot: 27°C81°F (feels 31°C88°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 80% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy : 195 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Very low |
⚡️ Power grid | Okay |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Bad |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $79 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* | Great |
🧳 Lost luggage* | Great |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Senegal |
🗓️ Average trip length | 13 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 27°C 81°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 31°C 88°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 195 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 1,000 XOF in USD | USD 1.66 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | XOF 100,000 = USD 166 |
💻 Best coworking space | Jokkolabs |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $948 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 73% 👱♀️ 27% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Kenya Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,870 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,370 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,724 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,064 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,801 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,293 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $837 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $178 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $42 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $154 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $7,522 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $8 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $9 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7926° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° warm | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 8630° warm | 8228° warm | 8127° warm |
Real | 8027° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8329° very warm |
Humidity | nice 30% | nice 33% | nice 40% | nice 42% | nice 44% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 38% | nice 37% | nice 32% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 11mm | rainy 154mm | rainy 93mm | dry 10mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm |
Cloud | pockets 28% | pockets 27% | pockets 11% | pockets 17% | pockets 22% | pockets 32% | pockets 37% | cloudy 50% | pockets 45% | pockets 37% | pockets 40% | pockets 49% |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 280 people | 333 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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TLDR; I wouldn't recommend for long-term stays. First time in Cabo Verde (Sal), and I can't say I would recommend it for anything other than tourism or short-term stays. Don't get me wrong, it's lovely and exotic, and people are warm and welcoming, but it can get pretty boring after 30 days. Cost of living is NOT cheap. Groceries are much more expensive than in any other places we've travelled to in the last two years. Restaurants are all the same price (around 30€ for 2 people) and pretty
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 29° 84° 26° 80°✈️53min$1,897 / mo12Mbps×I am not sure where some of these “stats” came from but Liberia is an English speaking country though many people speak a form of West Indian slang. It is not a good habit to go into a country for a short time, associate w/a small group who don’t represent the majority and write slanted comments from your limited perspective.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 29° 84° 26° 79°🥵✈️2h$2,814 / mo15Mbps×I have lived in Las Palmas for 2 years. It is a great place to live but sadly changing. The climate is just about always perfct (if you don't mind clouds from now and then). You are close to nature and I would say it is one of the most spectacular islands in the world (I traveled to about 140 countrys worldwide). You will be surprised to see how much the island can offer. I still find new trails and places to discover. However! Sadly the island is changing. First of all, accomidation is getting
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°✈️2h$1,876 / mo61Mbps×Hi guys! Tenerife is amazing. Good weather all year round, fast internet, friendly people (especially if you speak a few words Spanish), low criminality. I was in the South in Adeje where I found an amazing coliving place (check google: Ojala Casa Tenerife). It's by far the best place to be in Europe.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°✈️2h$3,021 / mo39Mbps×Great vibe in Corralejo - awesome coworking space. You can get around by walking or they have scooters to rent. I recommend getting a car as it allows you to explore. Excited to go back - in Corralejo they have everything from Yoga spots, kitesurf, skate surf, a callisthenics gym, and good food! It's a small town but a great vibe - lots of cool people living there.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked great👮 Safety greatTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°✈️2h$2,052 / mo35Mbps×I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 55😷✈️6h$5,439 / mo107Mbps×(It seems my paragraph formatting is being removed due to the length of my comment, so sorry you'll have to deal with the wall of text if you want to read this, haha) Have been in Bangkok for the past 6 months. I've been nomadic for the past 4 years across Europe & the US, and as someone who is used to walking everywhere and greenery, I found it quite difficult living here. I spent my first 5 months living in Airbnbs, which were fine for around $6-800/m, and for the last month decided to live in
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°🥵AQI 60😷✈️17h$1,358 / mo90Mbps×Hi guys! Tenerife is amazing. Good weather all year round, fast internet, friendly people (especially if you speak a few words Spanish), low criminality. I was in the South in Adeje where I found an amazing coliving place (check google: Ojala Casa Tenerife). It's by far the best place to be in Europe.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°✈️2h$3,021 / mo39Mbps×There are no digital nomad, hipster or tourist in Casablanca as the city is ugly, dirty and unsafe with heavy traffic. This is why I choose this place.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 80°✈️3h$1,664 / mo11Mbps×For internet, don't bother with landline. Just pay for the biggest 4G plan you can get and tether constantly, save yourself the headache. Kukun is the nicest coworking spot, but very expensive, even by international standards ($90usd/week).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°✈️3h$35,925 / mo6Mbps×I don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 25✈️6h$5,697 / mo29Mbps×I grew up in Chicago and still return fairly often. I love the character of the different neighborhoods, the variety of architectural styles, and as others have said, the food scene is incredible. It's easy to make friends in the suburbs, perhaps not so much in the city itself. I have never witnessed racial tension here, and have been pleasantly surprised by the interracial friendliness I have observed. There are a wonderful selection of forests and parks just about everywhere, and the museu
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 25✈️10h$4,908 / mo81Mbps×December 2022: Nairobi is a city less walkable than Bangkok, worse infrastructure than the Eastern European province, a non-service culture that would rival Germany, WiFi & 3G/4G like in rural Kyrgyzstan (the kind of where you walk with your phone in your stretched out hand)…. All of that you get for almost US-level prices. Nah, I didn’t have a good time. It feels utterly derelict and careless. Zero things to do except paying through your nose for Safari stuff. Although the people are ver
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 80😷✈️8h$1,578 / mo11Mbps×Difficult to find places to work in the evenings if you work for a western company. Hard to find a good quality restaurant, Google reviews are very inflated here.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 29° 85°AQI 34✈️5h$4,598 / mo85Mbps×Beautiful old town and waterfront, but as soon as you leave them it becomes a post-Communist dump. I've had very good internet in airbnbs, and it's quite affordable if you live like a local.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 28° 82° 28° 83°AQI 6✈️6h$2,462 / mo113Mbps×Hello i am agreed with previous comment . I was very passionate about Portugal pend here two and half years even more just living living here , not travel abroad . So my opinion its very beautiful country people are also very nice . Ideally if you working abroad . British and French expats are here . Nepal people hard workers and afro colonies people who came from Mozambique . Its totally fine no racism and totally solidarity . But , if you searching housing , and move in city of course , it wi
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 80°AQI 29✈️4h$3,872 / mo🌇 Also went here10 people×Difficult to find places to work in the evenings if you work for a western company. Hard to find a good quality restaurant, Google reviews are very inflated here.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 29° 85°AQI 34✈️5h$4,598 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 55😷✈️6h$5,439 / mo🌇 Also went here18 people×I don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 25✈️6h$5,697 / mo🌇 Also went here17 people×I recently visited Amsterdam for the third time (and the first time since 2018). I personally think it's a little overrated, but a cool place to visit nonetheless. The architecture is beautiful, and there are lots of good places to eat. I don't like the main area of the canals in the city centre; it smells of weed and is often packed. However, the outer edges - such as the Jordaan district - are less busy and more interesting in my opinion. One thing that surprised me is how much trash was o
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 27✈️6h$5,666 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×Berlin used to be nomad base in Europe... but it's not the same anymore. The 'pandemic' changed many things -- the cost of course, but also the culture -- the freedom and liberty have been contained. The police presence and size of the state have grown -- definitely doesn't feel so relaxed anymore. It's also important to note here -- there is limited ambition. Most are looking for an easy, fun and peaceful life -- which is great, but if you are building something or running a business it can fee
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 46✈️7h$3,831 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people×The city is overrated. I feel like I have to be on guard most of the time. People are always trying to scam you, from taxi drivers to waitresses. It's fine for a three-day vacation which is more than enough but staying long-term is very subjective... Airbnbs are overpriced for what you get. Turkish hospitality is a joke. They’re really good at conning tourists here. I stayed for a month, but I should've just passed through. A layover at the airport would've been plenty.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 43✈️7h$1,858 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°✈️8h$6,831 / mo🌇 Also went here14 people×December 2022: Nairobi is a city less walkable than Bangkok, worse infrastructure than the Eastern European province, a non-service culture that would rival Germany, WiFi & 3G/4G like in rural Kyrgyzstan (the kind of where you walk with your phone in your stretched out hand)…. All of that you get for almost US-level prices. Nah, I didn’t have a good time. It feels utterly derelict and careless. Zero things to do except paying through your nose for Safari stuff. Although the people are ver
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 80😷✈️8h$1,578 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×Was great when I visited in 2019, unfortunately upon returning, things have gotten worse. Locals are tired of gentrification and over tourism, and the vibe is not the same. It has attracted a lot of the wrong type of foreigners.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked bad👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 80😷✈️9h$1,672 / mo🌇 Also went here10 people×I am here since January 2024 - almost 4 month now, and it is the best place I´ve ever been to - and that means a lot! Cons: Do not hike on your own .- thats ways too dagerous. I highly reommend to hire a car and still take an uber at night. Pros: There is plenty of wonderful things to do, you will meet lovely, openminded people, the locals are great company and will make you feel as if you belong to them. My Internet is supersafe (I am currently in Seapoint in an Air B&B), the food is fantasti
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked good👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 59😷✈️9h$2,131 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×I liked Dubai a lot! It's definitely an indoor lifestyle especially in the summer when it's 45'C outside. But that's very similar to Bangkok which is also an indoor lifestyle in my opinion. Generally airconditioning everywhere is great, except in the older pre-2010 buildings/malls. It's super modern, super international. You'll be in having lunch in a cafe and next to you is a table of Africans, the next table is Asians, the next table is white (often Russians). You don't actually see Europea
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 47° 117° 35° 95°🥵AQI 122😷✈️10h$3,517 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×Love it! Don't expect them to speak English, that is NOT their native language. If you're going to go, learn some Spanish and respect their culture. No gentrification in Mexico, please.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked good👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°✈️11h$1,950 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×I just came back after 12 years, last time I lived in SF for 3 months in 2012. Back then it was a walkable and clean and fun, pretty safe city. The only place back then that you'd avoid was the Tenderloin. There was homeless but they actually weren't aggressive. There wasn't much robberies either. San Francisco in 2024 is very different, as you've probably seen from social media. The homeless problem has grown a lot since then, and they're not just clustered in the Tenderloin, they're all over
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°✈️14h$6,318 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×(It seems my paragraph formatting is being removed due to the length of my comment, so sorry you'll have to deal with the wall of text if you want to read this, haha) Have been in Bangkok for the past 6 months. I've been nomadic for the past 4 years across Europe & the US, and as someone who is used to walking everywhere and greenery, I found it quite difficult living here. I spent my first 5 months living in Airbnbs, which were fine for around $6-800/m, and for the last month decided to live in
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 31° 88° 27° 81°🥵AQI 60😷✈️17h$1,358 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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