⭐️ Total score | 3.14/5 (Rank #114) |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍100% liked it 👎0% disliked it |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,867 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 6Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 20°C69°F (feels 21°C70°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 92% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 72 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 65 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Bad |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Very bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Okay |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $425 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Great |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 3k ppl/km² (17x17m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | South Africa |
⏱ Average trip length | 12 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 20°C 69°F + 😊 Comfy (92%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 72 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 65 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 ZAR in USD | USD 5.87 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZAR 10,000 = USD 587 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 5,537,600 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 106,128 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 4,400,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,105 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 17x17m (289m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Takealot |
🏠 Apartment listings | GumTree |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Kulula |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,867 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,435 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $7,189 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,054 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,100 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,337 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,031 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $52 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $44 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $454 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $9 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ 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
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Not many Nomad List members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 6619° mild | 5915° cool | 5714° cool | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 7926° warm | 7323° mild |
Real | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7222° mild | 6418° cool | 5915° cool | 5714° cool | 6619° mild | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 7826° warm | 7323° mild |
Humidity | nice 74% | nice 73% | nice 54% | nice 40% | nice 40% | nice 43% | nice 33% | nice 38% | nice 35% | nice 45% | nice 51% | nice 68% |
Rain | rainy 132mm | rainy 145mm | dry 34mm | dry 23mm | dry 7mm | dry 6mm | dry 0mm | dry 3mm | dry 8mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 74mm | rainy 130mm |
Cloud | cloudy 74% | cloudy 65% | pockets 34% | pockets 21% | pockets 24% | pockets 11% | clear 0% | clear 9% | pockets 17% | pockets 39% | pockets 45% | cloudy 70% |
Air quality | clean 18 US AQI | bad 166 US AQI | clean 31 US AQI | clean 25 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | bad 166 US AQI | bad 166 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 65 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI | clean 27 US AQI | clean 21 US AQI |
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 | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 383 people | 422 people | 457 people | 400 people | 400 people | 275 people | 375 people | 267 people | 233 people | 600 people | 543 people | 357 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 35° 95° 28° 82°🥵AQI 98😷✈️11h$1,815 / mo🌇 Also went here52 people×Not gonna lie, I was pretty curious and kinda hyped before I came to Singapore. However, within 24 hours all of my curiosity turned into disappointment. Yes, Singapore is clean by any standards but especially by Asian standards. And yes, you have shopping malls, fancy skyscrapers and free toilets everywhere. But beside from that Singapore is boring and has no soul. It just seems like Singapore tries to copy interesting parts of other countries and their nature. Take Cloud Forest for example wh
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 7° 45° 9° 48°AQI 500😷✈️12h$5,498 / mo🌇 Also went here90 people×I've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 4° 39° 6° 42°AQI 26✈️12h$3,951 / mo🌇 Also went here67 people×Bangkok is a really nice city. I lived 2 weeks in Bangkok and it was a good trip ! People are very nice, smiling and the cost is affordable. Some beautifuls temple, gardens, market etc. Chinatown is a place to visit, and Bangkok is globally clean !
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 36° 97° 32° 89°🥵AQI 192😷✈️12h$2,188 / mo🌇 Also went here78 people×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌦 Feels 4° 39° 8° 46°AQI 37✈️12h$6,624 / mo🌇 Also went here95 people×How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
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