⭐️ Total score | 0.5/5 (Rank #1365) |
👍 Quality of life score | Bad |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,105 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🤬 Unusably slow: 5Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 10°C51°F (feels 10°C50°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 21% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 13 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | ☠️ Very unhealthy: 309 US AQI |
👌 Safety | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Very low |
⚡️ Power grid | Very bad |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $49 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Afghanistan |
⏱ Average trip length | 15 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 10°C 51°F + 🌵 Too dry (21%) = feels 10°C 50°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 13 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 309 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 AFN in USD | USD 1.42 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | AFN 10,000 = USD 142 |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | Mal Kabul |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Sufi |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $584 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 67% 👱♀️ 33% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | http://- |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Flynas |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Fly Emirates |
🏥 Best hospital | Remote Medical Solutions International |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,105 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $651 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,321 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $377 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $788 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,188 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $206 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $37 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $39 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $147 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,421 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $5 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 415° cold | 5513° cool | 5714° cool | 6619° mild | 7323° mild | 7926° warm | 8831° hot | 8228° warm | 7926° warm | 7021° mild | 5714° cool | 489° cold |
Real | 415° very cold | 5513° cool | 5714° cool | 6619° mild | 7323° mild | 8429° very warm | 9032° hot | 8630° very warm | 8127° warm | 7021° mild | 5714° cool | 489° cold |
Humidity | nice 31% | nice 36% | nice 48% | nice 39% | nice 38% | too dry 17% | too dry 26% | too dry 24% | nice 31% | too dry 25% | too dry 29% | nice 30% |
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Rain | dry 8mm | dry 15mm | rainy 73mm | dry 38mm | rainy 68mm | dry 4mm | dry 10mm | dry 12mm | dry 3mm | dry 3mm | dry 2mm | dry 8mm |
Cloud | pockets 11% | pockets 23% | cloudy 58% | pockets 34% | pockets 30% | clear 2% | pockets 16% | pockets 12% | clear 4% | clear 5% | pockets 22% | pockets 46% |
Air quality | bad 129 US AQI | bad 309 US AQI | bad 309 US AQI | bad 309 US AQI | bad 309 US AQI | bad 309 US AQI | bad 309 US AQI | bad 309 US AQI | bad 309 US AQI | bad 309* US AQI | bad 140 US AQI | bad 256 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 800 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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It's a great city to live in, I am a resident here and you have so many options as a nomad. I am working remotely as a Software Engineer and I am free to go anywhere.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 11° 52° 12° 53°AQI 14✈️5h$1,633 / mo30Mbps×Lived here for over a year, but I only recommend short visits. Contrary to what you hear, there is plenty of crime in parts of Dubai. Talking about that crime is considered taboo and, in many cases, is illegal. Sexual assault and gang violence against expats took place just outside my building, to people who lived in my building. I went to the police station a few times, but the issue was never handled and no arrests were ever made. I have videos of (unspecified) crimes taking place here, but
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