⭐️ Total score | 0.5/5 (Rank #1357) |
👍 Quality of life score | Bad |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,117 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🤬 Unusably slow: 1Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 35°C95°F (feels 36°C97°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 32% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy for some: 132 US AQI |
👌 Safety | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Very low |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $45 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | South Sudan |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 35°C 95°F + 😊 Comfy (32%) = feels 36°C 97°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 132 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 1,000 SDG in USD | USD 1.72 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SDG 100,000 = USD 172 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Da Vinci |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 230,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $534 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 64% 👱♀️ 36% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 0% 👱♀️ 100% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Kenya Airways |
🏥 Best hospital | Aspen Medical Clinic Juba |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,117 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,367 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,877 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $822 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,611 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,311 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $875 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $122 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $76 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $117 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $0 |
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not safe at all
❌ 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+
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Real | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 9133° hot | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8831° hot | 9133° hot | 9334° hot |
Humidity | nice 42% | nice 30% | nice 42% | nice 61% | sweaty 75% | nice 69% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 75% | nice 56% | nice 43% |
Rain | dry 6mm | dry 2mm | dry 34mm | rainy 105mm | rainy 145mm | rainy 92mm | rainy 176mm | rainy 179mm | rainy 219mm | rainy 156mm | dry 36mm | dry 16mm |
Cloud | pockets 43% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 65% |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
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I love Kampala! I have been coming here since 10 years now as a digital nomad. I am here a few times a year. I have been in 20 countries in Africa and would say it is the most friendly one. Kampala is definitely a lot of fun and has good restaurants and the rest of Uganda is beautiful too. I host several times a year coworking and co-living experiences for digital nomads in Uganda. You are more than welcome to join us.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 30° 86° 27° 80°AQI 137😷✈️41min$1,487 / mo2Mbps×I've spent a total of ~2 months in Kigali. Pros: very safe, pretty affordable, very pretty, hospitable people, great coffee. Cons: a bit dull, culture is very insular (respectful but quite conservative), food is bad, police state vibes are kind of weird. A certain kind of person who doesn't care about nightlife at all, is open to experiencing a foreign culture that's more inward-oriented, and wants to live a really chill lifestyle in a green, pleasant city would really like it. I personally need
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 152😷✈️1h$2,315 / mo2Mbps×December 2022: Nairobi is a city less walkable than Bangkok, worse infrastructure than the Eastern European province, a non-service culture that would rival Germany, WiFi & 3G/4G like in rural Kyrgyzstan (the kind of where you walk with your phone in your stretched out hand)…. All of that you get for almost US-level prices. Nah, I didn’t have a good time. It feels utterly derelict and careless. Zero things to do except paying through your nose for Safari stuff. Although the people are ver
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 27° 81° 26° 78°AQI 62✈️1h$1,750 / mo8Mbps×Pros: - I loved the inejra - Weather was nice - The home country for my parents, so it felt nice being able to just blend in, compared to living in western countries. - The USD goes a long way Cons: Coming from a western perspective, life in here in Addis Ababa is just unnecessarily difficult. Day to day things are filled with an absurd amount of inefficiencies that I often wonder how things get done at all. - The pedestrian infrastructure is completely lacking with uneven sidewalks & lack
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 61✈️1h$1,667 / mo1Mbps×I enjoyed the beaches in Diani, Kilifi, and Watamu. However, Mombasa island is not a very enjoyable place to be and I would recommend only staying there the night before an early departure.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 62✈️2h$1,390 / mo8Mbps×Great city, great weather, many parties, many different beaches, quite safe in the international neighborhoods, not too expensive and decent internet
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 38° 100° 30° 87°🥵AQI 60✈️2h$1,641 / mo1Mbps×I love Kampala! I have been coming here since 10 years now as a digital nomad. I am here a few times a year. I have been in 20 countries in Africa and would say it is the most friendly one. Kampala is definitely a lot of fun and has good restaurants and the rest of Uganda is beautiful too. I host several times a year coworking and co-living experiences for digital nomads in Uganda. You are more than welcome to join us.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 28° 82°🥵AQI 109😷✈️17h$2,735 / mo6Mbps×December 2022: Nairobi is a city less walkable than Bangkok, worse infrastructure than the Eastern European province, a non-service culture that would rival Germany, WiFi & 3G/4G like in rural Kyrgyzstan (the kind of where you walk with your phone in your stretched out hand)…. All of that you get for almost US-level prices. Nah, I didn’t have a good time. It feels utterly derelict and careless. Zero things to do except paying through your nose for Safari stuff. Although the people are ver
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 27° 81° 26° 78°AQI 62✈️1h$1,750 / mo8Mbps×I love Kampala! I have been coming here since 10 years now as a digital nomad. I am here a few times a year. I have been in 20 countries in Africa and would say it is the most friendly one. Kampala is definitely a lot of fun and has good restaurants and the rest of Uganda is beautiful too. I host several times a year coworking and co-living experiences for digital nomads in Uganda. You are more than welcome to join us.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 30° 86° 27° 80°AQI 137😷✈️41min$1,487 / mo🌇 Also went here3 people×December 2022: Nairobi is a city less walkable than Bangkok, worse infrastructure than the Eastern European province, a non-service culture that would rival Germany, WiFi & 3G/4G like in rural Kyrgyzstan (the kind of where you walk with your phone in your stretched out hand)…. All of that you get for almost US-level prices. Nah, I didn’t have a good time. It feels utterly derelict and careless. Zero things to do except paying through your nose for Safari stuff. Although the people are ver
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 27° 81° 26° 78°AQI 62✈️1h$1,750 / mo🌇 Also went here4 people×Pros: - I loved the inejra - Weather was nice - The home country for my parents, so it felt nice being able to just blend in, compared to living in western countries. - The USD goes a long way Cons: Coming from a western perspective, life in here in Addis Ababa is just unnecessarily difficult. Day to day things are filled with an absurd amount of inefficiencies that I often wonder how things get done at all. - The pedestrian infrastructure is completely lacking with uneven sidewalks & lack
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 61✈️1h$1,667 / mo🌇 Also went here3 people×I spent a month in Tirana in February 2022 and then returned in October for a one-week stay. Generally, I was pleasantly surprised and would recommend Tirana. Here are my Pros and Cons: Pros: - Cheap: Airbnbs are cheap (especially on a monthly basis), food is very cheap (around a third of what you would pay in Germany) and still good quality (most of the time). - Walkable: The city center is pretty compact and everything can be reached on foot - Green: The city center has multiple parks around
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 1° 34° 2° 36°AQI 70✈️6h$2,978 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×Amazing city with plenty of history and character! Have been here for a month and there are plenty of things to do to keep you occupied, away from work. It's super safe, the food is only OK (but super cheap), the nature/hiking is great (city surrounded by mountains) and nightlife isn't bad at the moment even though clubs still aren't open. Highly recommend it to other nomads.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels -1° 30° -1° 31°AQI 188😷✈️6h$3,383 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×Very cheap city, I don't know what nomadlist is smoking with their price estimates. I spent around $500-600/mo while I was here even while living in city center. City is relatively safe but you'll occasionally get harassed by beggars which can create a feeling of unease. Food is very meh, the best restaurants are the turkish/greek over the traditional "serbian" ones. Locals are generally nice and welcoming even if you're from the US, but the youth are obnoxious and loud especially at night. The
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 3° 37° 5° 40°AQI 86😷✈️6h$2,206 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×I quite liked Zagreb. People are fairly warm, and it's charmingly laid out. Lots of good cafes and restaurants, and the center is pretty walkable. As someone else said there are the commie block vibes, but those are in more peripheral neighborhoods. I felt it was safe, and had no issues getting around by tram mostly. As someone mentioned there is definitely the traditional Southern European cafes are for socializing, not working kind of vibe but still a decent number had wifi and didn't bat an e
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 6° 43° 6° 42°AQI 109😷✈️6h$2,677 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×Nomading here is tough because there are no reasonable Airbnbs and finding a short-term apt is difficult. You have to ask yourself, is it worth coming to Barcelona? It's probably the dirtiest city in Spain, and a bit sketchy. There's more beautiful and cleaner cities like Seville where you can find a reasonably priced Airbnb.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 21✈️7h$5,402 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×Porto was like a scaled down Lisbon (I swear they are trying to copy it down to the cable car). Lots to do but manageable walking wise. I walked everywhere and always found stuff to do. Bars and clubs are focused in one main area so everything is just easier. The architecture is wonderful and the people are nice. I'd like to see the city in summer as it's just on the wrong side of comfortable and it rained quite a bit (I was there in December). Dog poo is seemingly an issue generally in Portugal
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 27✈️8h$3,166 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×I grew up in Chicago and still return fairly often. I love the character of the different neighborhoods, the variety of architectural styles, and as others have said, the food scene is incredible. It's easy to make friends in the suburbs, perhaps not so much in the city itself. I have never witnessed racial tension here, and have been pleasantly surprised by the interracial friendliness I have observed. There are a wonderful selection of forests and parks just about everywhere, and the museu
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels -16° 3° -11° 12°AQI 51✈️16h$4,988 / mo🌇 Also went here2 people×Antigua is amazing, very safe and lots of amazing food to eat out at. Internet at the Airbnb was laggy at times, but some places might have better connections.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety very badTap to open☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 53✈️18h$1,726 / mo🌇 Also went here3 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 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 63✈️19h$1,856 / mo🌇 Also went here3 people×How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 9° 48° 10° 51°AQI 23✈️19h$6,903 / mo🌇 Also went here3 people×