⭐️ Total score | 3.7/5 (Rank #108) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,662 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 6Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 A bit cold: 17°C63°F (feels 18°C64°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 61% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 Moderate: 91 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 65 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Very bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $425 / mo |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍100% liked it 👎0% disliked it |
🙊 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 | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 17°C 63°F + 😊 Comfy (61%) = feels 18°C 64°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 91 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 65 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | MTN |
💸 100 ZAR in USD | USD 6.41 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZAR 1,000 = USD 64 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍16% 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 |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
⛪️ 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 | $1,662 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $978 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,830 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $523 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $337 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $180 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,017 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $48 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 892 listings) | $1,476 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $48 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ 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
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Not many Nomad List members go here
❌ 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 | 333 people | 378 people | 467 people | 400 people | 480 people | 300 people | 267 people | 286 people | 240 people | 500 people | 433 people | 323 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌤 Feels 39° 102° 32° 90°🥵AQI 82😷✈️12h$1,324 / mo🌇 Also went here63 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 mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 11° 52° 13° 56°AQI 29✈️12h$5,959 / mo🌇 Also went here78 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.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 25✈️12h$5,061 / mo🌇 Also went here85 people×I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 14✈️17h$5,566 / mo🌇 Also went here44 people×I really enjoyed my first week here, but as I got to know more locals and heard their stories, I was disturbed at the security situation. Almost everyone I met has horror stories about being robbed at gunpoint, robbed by the police, and in one case even drugged and robbed by a taxi driver. It's not even safe to walk a short distance at night (locals told me to just take Uber). Beyond the security issues, scams also abound, and the covid policy is wacky, with hand sanitizer being forced on you ev
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 63✈️19h$1,562 / mo🌇 Also went here42 people×I've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 18✈️23h$7,275 / mo🌇 Also went here40 people×