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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 200 reviews |
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| 👶 Family friendly | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBT friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Botswana |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather | ☀️ 32°C 90°F + 💦 Dry air (29%) + 💨 5km/h = feels like 31°C 88°F |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Mascom |
| 💸 100 BWP in USD | USD 8.14 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BWP 1,000 USD 81 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | News Cafe Gaborone |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Regus |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 230,000 people |
| 👫 Gender ratio | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| ⛪️ 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 |
| economic hubinvestment spothistorical architecturetropical cityno-beachairportnon-touristywarm nowwarmhotclean airgood air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livinglow humidityfreedom of pressdemocracyfreedommany womenfriendly people |
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,419 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $916 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,363 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $389 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $285 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $72 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $981 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $46 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (192 listings) | $1,854 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $61 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $4 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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| Feels like | 10038° hot | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 8831° hot | 8127° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 9736° hot |
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| Humidity | comfy 48% | comfy 45% | comfy 39% | comfy 56% | comfy 37% | comfy 36% | too dry 28% | too dry 28% | too dry 20% | too dry 17% | comfy 36% | comfy 53% |
| Rain | not rainy 48mm | not rainy 25mm | not rainy 12mm | not rainy 41mm | not rainy 0mm | not rainy 0mm | not rainy 1mm | not rainy 0mm | not rainy 3mm | not rainy 8mm | rainy 72mm | rainy 73mm |
| Cloud cover | pockets 42% | pockets 33% | pockets 12% | pockets 24% | clear 0% | clear 1% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | pockets 16% | pockets 46% | cloudy 66% |
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| UV Index | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 13 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI |
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✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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