🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.6/5 |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,449 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 2Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 34°C92°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Humid: 74% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy: 60 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👍 Quality of life | Okay |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Not busy: 8k ppl/km² (12x12m) |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🙊 English speaking | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Good |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
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🌍 Region | Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Tanzania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 12 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌤 34°C 92°F + 💦 Humid (74%) + 💨 7km/h = Feels like 47°C 117°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 60 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | Vodacom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 10,000 TZS in USD | USD 4.35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: TZS 1,000,000 | USD 435 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 4,400,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
😤 People density | 🤨 busy: 7,500 ppl/km² 12x12m (144m²) space per person | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👫 Gender ratio | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏠 Apartment listings | Zoom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
no-beachbeachairportwarm nowwarmhotslow internetcheap cost of livinghigh humiditymany womenfriendly people |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,449 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,075 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,938 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $840 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $834 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $261 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $871 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $41 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (326 listings) | $1,011 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $33 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $3 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
![]() | Any tips for nomad'ing from Tanzania to South Africa? |
![]() | Where to work in Africa |
![]() | How is the internet in West/Central Africa? |
Based on Dar es Salaam's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
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✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Humid now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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