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| ⭐️ Total score | 225 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* | |
| 🏥 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 | South Africa |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 23 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 18°C 64°F + 😊 Comfy (75%) = feels 18°C 64°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 44 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 40 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 6.31 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZAR 1,000 = USD 63 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Café Capellini |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 780,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,105 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 22x22m (484m²) per person |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Takealot |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | GumTree |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | South African Express |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | South African Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Life Hunterscraig Private Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,682 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $905 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,435 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $410 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $208 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $253 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $934 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $44 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 270 listings) | $1,590 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $52 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm all year round
✅ 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ 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 bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
75
24° warm |
75
24° warm |
73
23° mild |
72
22° mild |
70
21° mild |
70
21° mild |
63
17° cool |
63
17° cool |
64
18° cool |
68
20° mild |
68
20° mild |
70
21° mild |
| Real |
75
24°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
73
23°
mild |
71
22°
mild |
70
21°
mild |
69
21°
mild |
63
17°
cool |
63
17°
cool |
65
19°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
70
21°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 81% |
nice 76% |
nice 79% |
nice 82% |
nice 72% |
nice 65% |
nice 62% |
damp 72% |
nice 75% |
nice 74% |
nice 75% |
nice 81% |
| Rain |
dry 31mm |
dry 27mm |
dry 40mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 32mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 68mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 36mm |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 87mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 66% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 66% |
| Air quality |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 40 US AQI |
clean 42 US AQI |
clean 42 US AQI |
clean 42 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
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seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 13° 55° 13° 55° AQI 42 ✈️44min $1,424 / mo 5 Mbps
This place should be number 1 on the Nomad list. Can’t fathom why the internet score is so low! We got anywhere from 100mbps upload and download in most cafe’s to 550mbps up and download in our apartment! The internet is blazing fast! The cost of living is great compared to places like Mexico which is becoming so expensive. I’d say it’s on par with COL in Canggu. The people are super friendly, the food is incredible and cheap! The views and endless amounts of things to do just blows your
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 75 ✈️53min $1,714 / mo 6 Mbps
Lot's of great little eating places hidden around. the food style is much different than Johannesburg.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 67° AQI 16 ✈️55min $2,157 / mo 6 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 12° 54° 13° 56° AQI 63 ✈️1h $2,129 / mo 6 Mbps
I am a UK born, East Asian female who lived in Joburg (alone) as an expat for a few years... and I really love it. Yes, there are safety concerns so you must take precautions, however, I found the locals to be extremely warm and friendly (the one thing I wasn't expecting when I arrived), the weather is spot on, it's very cheap, good quality new build apartments in places like Sandton, Rosebank, Parkhurt, Bryanston etc and AMAZING quality restaurants e.g you can get an excellent fillet steak and
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 12° 54° 13° 55° AQI 32 ✈️1h $1,611 / mo 6 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 59° AQI 99 😷 ✈️1h $1,606 / mo 6 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63° AQI 108 😷 ✈️1h $1,878 / mo 1 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67° AQI 16 ✈️1h $2,250 / mo 2 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 62° ✈️2h $1,886 / mo 3 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 13° 55° 14° 58° AQI 16 ✈️2h $2,502 / mo 2 Mbps
Lusaka is a bustling city full of surprises if you look. The downside is rent is on the pricey side than say what you would expect to pay in most places in SEA. You can find some low rental places but then you'd be putting yourself in an environment that's not particularly safe. I'd pick a neighbourhood like Kabulonga, Woodlands, Chilenje, Ibex Hill or Makeni. Getting around is easier if you have a car or find a reliable cabby. You can also use the local rideshare app called Ulendo Taxi, it work
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63° AQI 12 ✈️3h $1,191 / mo 2 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67° ✈️3h $1,952 / mo 1 Mbps
This place should be number 1 on the Nomad list. Can’t fathom why the internet score is so low! We got anywhere from 100mbps upload and download in most cafe’s to 550mbps up and download in our apartment! The internet is blazing fast! The cost of living is great compared to places like Mexico which is becoming so expensive. I’d say it’s on par with COL in Canggu. The people are super friendly, the food is incredible and cheap! The views and endless amounts of things to do just blows your
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 75 ✈️53min $1,714 / mo 6 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83° 🥵 AQI 23 ✈️14h $2,479 / mo 11 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 32 ✈️17h $4,579 / mo 36 Mbps
Stayed for 2 weeks after almost a year n a half in LatAm. Beautiful city; great food options- especially for Asian food lovers. Plenty of authentic Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese options for about 50% of what you would pay in a Western city. Decent hostels will cost $11-$15 weekdays and between $18-$30 on weekends.... Good internet; beautiful architecture and people but it is true Hungarians can be very cold at times. Overall a good stay with many destinations just a quick and cheap flight/tr
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 35° 95° 32° 90° 🥵 AQI 55 ✈️12h $1,040 / mo 30 Mbps
Chiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 22 ✈️13h $946 / mo 24 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 56 ✈️22h $5,187 / mo 77 Mbps
Lot's of great little eating places hidden around. the food style is much different than Johannesburg.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 67° AQI 16 ✈️55min $2,157 / mo 6 Mbps
Loved Miraflores in Lima - has a lot of stylish cafes and restaurants with good food, coworkings, parks. Barranco has some amazing nightclubs. Although Lima is more expensive than other parts of Peru
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63° AQI 159 😷 ✈️14h $1,089 / mo 4 Mbps
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 36 ✈️13h $3,568 / mo 24 Mbps
This place should be number 1 on the Nomad list. Can’t fathom why the internet score is so low! We got anywhere from 100mbps upload and download in most cafe’s to 550mbps up and download in our apartment! The internet is blazing fast! The cost of living is great compared to places like Mexico which is becoming so expensive. I’d say it’s on par with COL in Canggu. The people are super friendly, the food is incredible and cheap! The views and endless amounts of things to do just blows your
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 75 ✈️53min $1,714 / mo 🌇 Also went here16 people
Lot's of great little eating places hidden around. the food style is much different than Johannesburg.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 67° AQI 16 ✈️55min $2,157 / mo 🌇 Also went here8 people
I am a UK born, East Asian female who lived in Joburg (alone) as an expat for a few years... and I really love it. Yes, there are safety concerns so you must take precautions, however, I found the locals to be extremely warm and friendly (the one thing I wasn't expecting when I arrived), the weather is spot on, it's very cheap, good quality new build apartments in places like Sandton, Rosebank, Parkhurt, Bryanston etc and AMAZING quality restaurants e.g you can get an excellent fillet steak and
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 12° 54° 13° 55° AQI 32 ✈️1h $1,611 / mo 🌇 Also went here6 people
Best city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 31 ✈️12h $3,616 / mo 🌇 Also went here5 people
Lived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 29 ✈️13h $4,592 / mo 🌇 Also went here6 people
I cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 39° 102° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 42 ✈️13h $1,269 / mo 🌇 Also went here14 people
Chiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86° 🥵 AQI 22 ✈️13h $946 / mo 🌇 Also went here9 people
Siem Riep has a nice suburb feeling. At first sight it seems there's not much to do besides Angkor Wat and Pub Street, but you can go swimming, do bicycle tours, floating village day trip... I don't have best social skill, but in Siem Reap it was so easy to make new friends. Locals and tourists! I've worked at Garage Society Coworking Space. Pretty nice place. I don't understand the cons of slow internet. I've bought an LTE 4G Sim card for 10 USD with 10 GB. There's also free and mostly fast
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 21 ✈️13h $1,373 / mo 🌇 Also went here6 people
Been living here for more than 3 years. Overall I do not recommend it. Its not terrible but overall theres better options in asia. The city is constantly busy, noisy and polluted (air and landscapes). You can hardly go out for breeze of fresh air or to relax and ease your mind. There is not much nature, beach or mountains for you to escape. Traveling is very restriced because people go crazy due to covid. During the lockdown you couldnt even leave your appartment for a walk outside. They trapp
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 41° 106° 31° 88° 🥵 AQI 63 ✈️13h $978 / mo 🌇 Also went here9 people
Lived here for about 3 months as a female. The climate is amazing as it is the City of Eternal Spring. Very reasonable prices everywhere. I stayed in Poblado, but about a 25 minute walk from all the action of Poblado. Walking on the main roads during the day was fine. The local people are amazingly nice. However, once night falls, you have to be careful here. Do not walk on quiet streets. Leave your valuables at home and do not ever show your mobile phone outside on the street. Use an Uber at ni
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71° AQI 74 ✈️15h $1,044 / mo 🌇 Also went here6 people
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 41° 106° 32° 90° 🥵 AQI 46 ✈️18h $2,146 / mo 🌇 Also went here5 people
Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 40° 104° 33° 91° 🥵 AQI 78 😷 ✈️19h $3,063 / mo 🌇 Also went here6 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
