⭐️ Total score | 0.5/5 (Rank #1353) |
👍 Quality of life score | Bad |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $894 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🤬 Unusably slow: 1Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 31°C88°F (feels 29°C84°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 19% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy : 189 US AQI |
👌 Safety | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
🎓 Education level* | Very low |
⚡️ Power grid | Good |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $175 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 7k ppl/km² (12x12m) |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Sudan |
⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 31°C 88°F + 🌵 Too dry (19%) = feels 29°C 84°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 189 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 1,000 SDG in USD | USD 1.72 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SDG 100,000 = USD 172 |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 640,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,094 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 12x12m (144m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 75% 👱♀️ 25% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Sudan Air |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Qatar Airways |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $894 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $676 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,354 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $387 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $168 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,036 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $382 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $8 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $34 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $234 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $0 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not very safe
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ 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 | 8429° warm | 7926° warm | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9937° hot | 11345° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10842° scorching | 9535° hot | 9032° hot | 8228° warm |
Real | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 9937° hot | 10038° hot | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 9334° hot | 8429° very warm |
Humidity | too dry 29% | too dry 14% | too dry 13% | too dry 9% | too dry 25% | nice 42% | nice 57% | nice 56% | nice 53% | too dry 23% | too dry 23% | too dry 28% |
Rain | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 2mm | dry 7mm | dry 39mm | dry 24mm | dry 23mm | dry 8mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm |
Cloud | clear 4% | clear 8% | pockets 10% | pockets 26% | pockets 35% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 56% | pockets 30% | clear 4% | clear 9% |
Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 400 people | 400 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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