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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 232 reviews |
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| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👍 Quality of life | |
| 👶 Family friendly | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ 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 | ☀️ 29°C 84°F + 💦 Humid (80%) + 💨 5km/h = feels like 34°C 93°F | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 115 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 2.64 | |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | UGX 1,000,000 USD 264 | |
| 💳 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 (115 US AQI) today: avoid exercising outdoors, close windows and try to stay inside, more info | ||
| no-beachnon-touristywarm nowwarmhotdirty airbad air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livinghigh humiditymany womenfriendly peopleadult nightlife | ||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $918 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $486 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $811 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $232 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $158 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $119 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $738 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $35 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | $883 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $29 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $2 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 9° 48° 10° 49°AQI 74✈️7h$1,431 / mo🌇 Also went here10 peopleDuring winter is quite safe plus much cheaper. Some nightclubs are free and yet there is still a lot
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 46✈️15h$4,975 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels like | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 9133° hot | 8429° very warm | 7725° warm | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm |
| Real temperature | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7926° warm | 7725° warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 7926° warm | 8027° warm | 7926° warm |
| Humidity | comfy 66% | comfy 64% | comfy 64% | sweaty 74% | comfy 84% | comfy 82% | comfy 75% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 78% | comfy 83% | sweaty 79% | comfy 83% |
| Rain | not rainy 45mm | not rainy 37mm | rainy 57mm | rainy 86mm | rainy 101mm | rainy 206mm | rainy 78mm | not rainy 49mm | rainy 73mm | rainy 164mm | rainy 108mm | rainy 92mm |
| Cloud cover | cloudy 67% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 69% | pockets 46% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 71% |
| Air quality | bad 149 AQI | bad 138 AQI | bad 119 AQI | bad 107 AQI | bad 104 AQI | bad 138 AQI | bad 144 AQI | bad 143 AQI | bad 139 AQI | bad 124 AQI | bad 132 AQI | bad 138 AQI |
| UV Index | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI |
| Nomad List members there | 2 people | 0 people | 0 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 3 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 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
❌ 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
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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