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| ⭐️ Total score | 30 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 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 | South Africa |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 29 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 18°C 65°F + 😊 Comfy (47%) = feels 18°C 64°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 1 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 51 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | NeoTel |
| 💸 100 ZAR in USD | USD 6.09 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZAR 1,000 = USD 61 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 830,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 15,907 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 600,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,105 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 17x17m (289m²) per person |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Takealot |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | GumTree |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Kulula |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,752 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $966 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,368 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $391 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $244 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $213 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,097 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $51 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 230 listings) | $1,809 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $59 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
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31° hot |
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31° hot |
84
29° warm |
77
25° warm |
75
24° warm |
72
22° mild |
70
21° mild |
70
21° mild |
72
22° mild |
70
21° mild |
75
24° warm |
77
25° warm |
| Real |
81
27°
warm |
81
27°
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79
26°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
72
22°
mild |
70
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mild |
70
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mild |
72
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70
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mild |
75
24°
warm |
77
25°
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| Humidity |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 81% |
nice 80% |
nice 79% |
nice 70% |
nice 66% |
nice 56% |
nice 70% |
nice 75% |
nice 76% |
nice 79% |
nice 84% |
| Rain |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 94mm |
rainy 114mm |
rainy 99mm |
dry 35mm |
rainy 63mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 49mm |
rainy 110mm |
rainy 114mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 158mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 37% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 86% |
| Air quality |
clean 37 US AQI |
okay 51* US AQI |
okay 51* US AQI |
okay 51* US AQI |
okay 51* US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
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avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
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avoid sun 6 UVI |
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avoid sun 7 UVI |
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