⭐️ Total score | 3.4/5 (Rank #65) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍100% liked it 👎0% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $768 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 9Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 26°C80°F (feels 25°C77°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 29% |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Bad |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Bad |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $235 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Egypt |
🗓️ Average trip length | 18 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 26°C 80°F + 🌵 Too dry (29%) = feels 25°C 77°F |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Careem |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 EGP in USD | USD 2.11 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EGP 10,000 = USD 211 |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Ralph's German Bakery |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 15,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,823 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 77% 👱♀️ 23% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Esta Bena |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | AirEgypt |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | AirEgypt |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $768 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $380 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $678 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $194 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $752 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $750 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $130 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $35 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $25 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $97 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,053 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $0 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $0 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Safe for women
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6116° cool | 6820° mild | 6820° mild | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 8630° warm | 8630° warm | 8429° warm | 7926° warm | 7524° warm | 7222° mild |
Real | 6016° cool | 6619° mild | 6720° mild | 8228° very warm | 8127° warm | 8630° very warm | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 8228° very warm | 7524° warm | 7122° mild |
Humidity | too dry 19% | too dry 18% | too dry 16% | too dry 14% | too dry 13% | too dry 15% | too dry 17% | too dry 19% | too dry 18% | too dry 20% | too dry 19% | too dry 18% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 2mm | dry 4mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 3mm | dry 1mm |
Cloud | clear 7% | clear 9% | clear 8% | clear 8% | clear 7% | clear 5% | clear 5% | clear 6% | clear 6% | clear 7% | pockets 12% | pockets 29% |
Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 500 people | 400 people | 314 people | 320 people | 400 people | 200 people | 367 people | 280 people | 420 people | 550 people | 433 people | 343 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 33° 91° 35° 95°🥵AQI 165😷✈️9h$964 / mo🌇 Also went here34 people×A dystopian cyberpunk metropolis, a veritable Night City, both chaotic and well run, livable yet poisonous. Follow the classic advice: stay near the BTS, skyscraper condo, work from mall libraries, cafes, and commons, don’t be outside. Outsource your chores. On a western salary or with savings, you’ll be playing life on easy mode. Focus your energy on meeting people, honing your body, and learning new skills. There’s a reason it’s number 1. You can disagree, but try to find it.
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