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| ⭐️ Total score | 225 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ 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 | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | South Africa |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 22 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (89%) = feels 20°C 68°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 37 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 40 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Neotel |
| 💸 100 ZAR in USD | USD 6.23 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZAR 1,000 = USD 62 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | The Co-Op |
| ☕️ 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 | $1,637 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $878 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,416 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $405 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $206 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $249 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $900 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $42 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 173 listings) | $1,509 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $49 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ 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
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
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| Feels | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild |
| Real | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 6921° mild | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 7222° mild |
| Humidity | nice 68% | nice 73% | nice 72% | nice 72% | nice 69% | nice 57% | nice 58% | nice 59% | nice 64% | nice 63% | nice 65% | nice 66% |
| Rain | dry 11mm | dry 30mm | dry 31mm | dry 19mm | dry 35mm | dry 12mm | dry 20mm | dry 6mm | dry 17mm | dry 11mm | dry 11mm | dry 14mm |
| Cloud | pockets 28% | pockets 37% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 53% | pockets 43% | pockets 27% | pockets 25% | pockets 18% | pockets 44% | cloudy 50% | pockets 44% | pockets 43% |
| 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 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 69°AQI 4✈️53min$1,757 / mo12MbpsLot's of great little eating places hidden around. the food style is much different than Johannesburg.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 82°AQI 114😷✈️13h$1,296 / mo🌇 Also went here13 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) 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.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 89😷✈️13h$950 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleI stayed in Hoi An much longer than I planned (10 days) because it was so pleasant. Yes, tourists everywhere. But my hotel was gorgeous and cheap and the wifi was plenty fast for work. When not working I biked out to the beach or through the paddies or into town (too crowded for a bike most times but functional if needed) or just around the countryside. Had some of my friendliest encounters here and as a single woman, always felt safe - night or day.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 208😷✈️14h$988 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 13° 55° 13° 55°AQI 38✈️18h$2,852 / mo🌇 Also went here5 peopleTokyo 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
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