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| ⭐️ Total score | 205 reviews |
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| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 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 | Botswana |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 17°C 62°F + 😊 Comfy (60%) = feels 18°C 64°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 107 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Mascom |
| 💸 100 BWP in USD | USD 8.19 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BWP 1,000 = USD 82 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | News Cafe Gaborone |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Regus |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 230,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $6,917 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | South African Airways |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | South African Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Bokamoso Private Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,877 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $969 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,371 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $392 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $287 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $72 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,111 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $99 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 174 listings) | $2,056 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $67 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 9032° hot | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 8228° warm | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 6820° mild | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° warm | 9032° hot | 8831° hot |
| Real | 8429° very warm | 8027° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7323° mild | 6921° mild | 6619° mild | 7725° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8831° hot | 8429° very warm |
| Humidity | nice 65% | sweaty 78% | nice 57% | nice 47% | nice 40% | nice 44% | nice 36% | nice 34% | nice 33% | nice 48% | nice 42% | nice 61% |
| Rain | rainy 182mm | rainy 162mm | dry 18mm | dry 12mm | dry 2mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 3mm | dry 31mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 111mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 71% | cloudy 60% | pockets 30% | pockets 16% | pockets 12% | clear 9% | clear 1% | clear 6% | pockets 11% | pockets 27% | pockets 44% | cloudy 65% |
| Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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