Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 198 reviews |
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| 🌍 Region | Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚩 Country | Uganda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 10 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌧 23°C 74°F + 💦 Humid (77%) + 💨 5km/h = Feels like 25°C 77°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 165 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎 170 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Tecno Mobile Uganda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 10,000 UGX in USD | USD 2.71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: UGX 1,000,000 | USD 271 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💻 Best coworking space | The Hub | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Prunes Cafe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Metropole | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, contaminated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 👫 Gender ratio | 👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Air BnB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Uganda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Alliance Air | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏥 Best hospital | Case Hospital | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
😷 Air quality in Kampala is very bad (165 µg/m³) today: avoid exercising outdoors, close windows and try to stay inside, more info | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| no-beachmildmild nowdirty airbad air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livinghigh humiditymany womenfriendly people | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $965 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $539 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $834 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $238 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $163 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $122 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $707 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $33 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | $1,066 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $35 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $2 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
 | Where to work in Africa |
 | How is the internet in West/Central Africa? |
 | Any tips for nomad'ing from Tanzania to South Africa? |
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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.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 23° 74°😷AQI 165✈️0.00013333333333333$965 / mo2MbpsGreat place to hang out in Texas. Enjoy the crowds? Head downtown during and after a UT football game in the fall. Avoid the crowds? Take a short drive to the hill country to hang out on a lake, hike the hills, or tour one of the many wineries or distilleries.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 50° 122° 37° 98°😷AQI 63✈️18.350450451624$3,946 / mo54MbpsThe city is amazing: it combines beautiful architecture with an energy that rivals Berlin - minus the hipsters! Plenty of nice little coffee shops, co-working spaces, nightlife in abundance and all that at very affordable prices
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 32° 90°AQI 30✈️7.2095501501738$1,343 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleI would disagree on the safety level of this city. Living there for 8 months now I'd say from my experience that Barcelona streets aren't safe at all. Many robberies, physical and sexual agressions are frequently occurring mostly due to drug issues in some central neighborhoods. I agree on the perfect weather great food and tech scene too on the positive side.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 29° 84°AQI 18✈️7.3240251166504$3,430 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleLoved Warsaw. The city has great vibes, nice people, a good nomad, and business community, delicious restaurants, fun nightlife, and extremely inexpensive in my eyes (coming from Miami, USA). Got a nice apartment near the city center with less than $600 USD/month and meals out/groceries are half if not a quarter of the price at home. Throughly enjoyed my month in Warsaw and will be back.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 20° 69°AQI 47✈️7.8294926089595$1,771 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleAmazing place! Definitely one of the most underrated countries in western Europe.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 30° 86°AQI 41✈️8.0263314223011$2,303 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleBeen living in 3 different centrally located airbnb in Berlin (2018), each between 800 and 900€ per month for 40-45 sqm (we're two, so 400-450€ each). Each time a full flat and not a shared airbnb, legal now since some months (though it was always possible to get a full flat before as well). Internet was always between 15 and 50 mbps. I spend 100€ per week on food, including restaurants (pretty cheap here), check for Turkish market on Maybachufer and Turkish stores in Neukölln (I spend less on food here than in Chiang Mai!). Berlin is such an awesome place to live, very multicultural, very tolerant, many different neighborhoods, quite relaxed feeling, many parks, lakes all around. No need to speak German at all. Come over here, probably one one of the best place on earth ;) (written in Sept 2018)
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 24° 75°AQI 16✈️8.0962451422949$3,141 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleTourist trap crowded with influencers taking a selfie in front of a canal . Very expensive.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 23° 74°😷AQI 52✈️8.4462303869211$5,434 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleI have been living in London for over 2 years as a student. It's ridiculously expensive. However, there are options. What I like about the city is you can find many events anytime you want. It's active all year 24/7. There are so many foreigners and tourists which make the living more vibrant and less racist. London has sub-communities which I think is a good thing. Those communities bring their cultures, ethics and foods. Public transportation and restaurants are great. I used to spend 3-4 hours in Costa or Nero cafe without interruptions. Though if it's raining or summer season it could be hard to stay long. On the negative side, the UK suffers from slow and old bureaucracies making life difficult sometimes. It's not easy to open a bank account or to rent. The government systems are slow. Also, you will feel depressed in winter when the sunset is before 4pm and the temperature is 0c. All in all, everything is great about the city except the affordability and the winter.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 23° 73°AQI 36✈️8.6172042744795$3,868 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleSo expensive and boring, Lots of Tech HQs located in Dublin so lots for work opportunities
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 14✈️9.1923137357912$4,694 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleCost of living over 1.000 usd? Is any of of this website went to Bangkok? You can live on a palace above 1.000 usd rent. Mine was 22.000 bahts and was in the party street, amazing building with jacuzzi, pools and even its own cinema..
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 43° 109° 33° 92°😷AQI 61✈️10.155356778562$1,526 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleI think KL will be the next hub for nomads. It's affordable, safe, convenient, has decent Internet and has decent weather. (Yes it's hot during the summer but it gives you a good reason to be inside and get your work done) Mostly it's quite chill, not as hectic and messy as other major SEA cities like Bangkok, Hanoi and Jakarta. There's not that much to do, but Malaysia has wonderful nature and getaway places, accessible with cheap AirAsia tickets from KL.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 44° 111° 32° 90°✈️10.246423791102$1,340 / mo🌇 Also went here13 peopleThe Diet Coke of Asia. Zero crime, English spoken everywhere. Reliable public transport. Some nice spots for off-the-beaten-path walking and hiking. But also clinical, authoritarian, money-minded and very costly. Companies and shopkeepers will always do what's good for them (or makes their own life easier); not what's good for the customer. People avoid eye contact and are generally overworked and miserable. After a while, crossing over to Malaysia's neighboring Johor will, warts and all, feel like a breath of fresh air ("Yes! Space! I can move! I can breathe!").
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 42° 108° 32° 89°😷AQI 80✈️10.564706005069$2,816 / mo🌇 Also went here11 peopleI like it here better than Canggu. It's more walkable, more cheap warungs, more convenient. You could find all kinds of shop catering to different type of visitor, from cheap to luxurious. Not a party place if you're looking for it, which made it even more perfect. More female than male, great for dating.
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 37° 99° 30° 87°😷AQI 88✈️12.275919379158$2,086 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleBest city in the world! You can certainly live the Nomad life in NYC for a lot less than 5k a month! I've been doing it since December 2018 for around $2500/mo. AirBnB is the way to go!
🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 43° 109° 33° 92°AQI 34✈️15.163044848563$5,419 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very humid now
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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