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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 192 reviews |
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| 😄 Happiness | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBT friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Africa | |
| 🚩 Country | Uganda | |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 10 days | |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps | |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌧 28°C 83°F + 💦 Humid (77%) + 💨 3km/h = Feels like 31°C 88°F | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 191 US AQI equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 220 US AQI equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |
| 🚕 Best taxi app | ||
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | ||
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Tecno Mobile Uganda | |
| 💸 10,000 UGX in USD | USD 2.72 | |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: UGX 1,000,000 | USD 272 | |
| 💳 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, not drinkable | |
| ♻️ 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 (191 US AQI) today: avoid exercising outdoors, close windows and try to stay inside, more info | ||
| no-beachwarm nowwarmhotdirty airbad air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livinghigh humiditymany womenfriendly people | ||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $930 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $484 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $837 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $239 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $163 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $123 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $762 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $36 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | $841 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $28 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $2 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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✅ 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
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty 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 not great
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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