⭐️ Total score | 3.52/5 (Rank #175) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,305 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 3Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 28°C83°F (feels 34°C93°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 91% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 20 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $181 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
😤 People density | 😤 Dense: 18k ppl/km² (7x7m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Nigeria |
⏱ Average trip length | 9 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (91%) = feels 34°C 93°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 20 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | MTNNG |
💸 1,000 NGN in USD | USD 2.41 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NGN 100,000 = USD 241 |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍16% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 710,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 13,607 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 16,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,176 / year |
😤 Population density | 😤 crowded: 7x7m (49m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Dana |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,305 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,031 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,685 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $481 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $499 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $72 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $971 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $45 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 607 listings) | $2,274 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $75 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $0 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 10641° scorching | 11345° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10641° scorching | 10038° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9736° hot | 10239° hot | 10038° hot | 11144° scorching |
Real | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 9032° hot |
Humidity | sweaty 81% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 79% |
Rain | rainy 50mm | dry 39mm | rainy 52mm | dry 28mm | dry 49mm | rainy 175mm | rainy 224mm | rainy 232mm | rainy 247mm | rainy 145mm | rainy 72mm | dry 24mm |
Cloud | pockets 48% | pockets 48% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 61% |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 257 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 19° 66° 19° 65°AQI 20✈️7h$5,108 / mo14Mbps×Best city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 82°AQI 25✈️5h$3,596 / mo36Mbps×A great place to be. Excellent price/quality ratio. You can easily find everything needed to work: coworking, sim (you can eg use Airalo). There is a plenty of things to do in the city and around it. Food is dirt cheap and delicious. It can be trashy and sometimes touristy but that didn't cause problems for me.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 32✈️6h$4,201 / mo24Mbps×Overall, a pretty great place. Good restaurants and many breweries. Solid entertainment. It has all four seasons and lots of sunshine. Some homelessness issues downtown, like most cities.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌫 Feels 28° 82° 29° 83°AQI 34✈️15h$3,950 / mo62Mbps×Lived in Nairobi off and on since 2019. I think it's an excellent place to live. Weather is phenomenal, between 20-27C most of the time. People are super friendly and it's very cosmopolitan (attracts people from all over Kenya, Africa and the world). For Africa it's relatively progressive and I'm not sure why it gets a "not safe for women" (IME it's not perfect but no worse than many other countries around the world and much less regressive than Middle East, South Asia, etc.) It's an excellent j
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌤 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 69✈️5h$1,263 / mo10Mbps×This is the most realest country I've visited next to my homeland in Jamaica. Streets are made of dirt. Horses still pull carts. Very little English spoken. You cannot easily find things you need so bring all your necessities to start with. I have barely seen a street light, the traffic can be unbelievable. It's the perfect place for a real cultural experience and to learn wolof and French. You almost have no choice but to when here. Food made by the family I stayed with is great. So far I've on
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 29° 83°AQI 28✈️4h$1,841 / mo5Mbps×Rental prices at the end of 2021 are nearly double then the years before. This means the value of money makes no more sense. A typical price for a one bedroom apt is now 8000 EGP. May be it will get down to normal when more places in the world are open again.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 35° 94°🥵AQI 58✈️5h$957 / mo6Mbps×I really enjoyed my trip to DC for one week. I did NOT feel comfortable walking around many places alone because there are a lot of mentally ill/drugged out people. During daylight with other people I felt fine. There are soo many restaurants, interesting boutique gyms, cool libraries and more. The variety you can find in DC is closer to NYC than you can find most places. The memorials are pretty cool. There are a lot of free museums which are impressive. I liked the Lincoln Memorial/Gettysburg
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 152😷✈️4h$1,407 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×Best city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 29° 84° 27° 80°AQI 32✈️6h$1,204 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×Lived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 31✈️6h$4,499 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 19° 66° 19° 65°AQI 20✈️7h$5,108 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 35✈️7h$5,931 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×The architecture is the most stunning thing of this place, it feels like the 22nd century. It's as cosmopolitan as a place like New York but more with people from the other side of the world. Great alternatives for getting coffee and food. Nightlife is expensive but it's good.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌤 Feels 47° 117° 34° 94°🥵AQI 230😷✈️8h$3,307 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 68✈️11h$5,771 / mo🌇 Also went here12 people×I really enjoyed my trip to DC for one week. I did NOT feel comfortable walking around many places alone because there are a lot of mentally ill/drugged out people. During daylight with other people I felt fine. There are soo many restaurants, interesting boutique gyms, cool libraries and more. The variety you can find in DC is closer to NYC than you can find most places. The memorials are pretty cool. There are a lot of free museums which are impressive. I liked the Lincoln Memorial/Gettysburg
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 80°AQI 35✈️12h$5,753 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×Panama City is a B+ place to live: solid weather, amenities, safety, and cleanliness... but, it feels much like an American city due to the skyscrapers, urban sprawl, and the limited activities. If you're not shopping, eating at a restaurant, bar hopping, or going to a reggaeton club until 3am, there's not a whole lot else to do. The weather is remarkably consistent: everyday it will be 85F, it will be cloudy for a few hours including a 15-30 minute shower, and then it will be mostly sunny for
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 27° 80°🥵AQI 13✈️12h$2,221 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 29° 85°AQI 60✈️17h$4,830 / mo🌇 Also went here10 people×How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 42✈️17h$6,986 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×Melbourne is a fun and cute compact city. There are so many fun things to do here such as visit is beaches, go to its theme parks out of the CBD area. Its city CBD is so much fun as well. You can visit the Queen Victoria market which is the largest outdoors market in the world! You can also visit Federation Square which is a beautiful park on the edge of the CBD, and you can visit the Eureka Skydeck and Australia 108 which are the tallest buildings in Australia if you exclude the antenna from th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun great👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 19✈️20h$3,331 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×Amazing city. Absolutely loved it. Yes, expensive sooooo worth it! I was only here for 5 days but absolutely hooked and will be coming back.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 20° 68° 19° 65°AQI 25✈️21h$4,007 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×