⭐️ Total score | 3.25/5 (Rank #397) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,547 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 2Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 39°C102°F (feels 36°C97°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 11% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 63 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Okay |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $106 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Good |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Zambia |
⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 39°C 102°F + 🌵 Too dry (11%) = feels 36°C 97°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 63 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Zamtel |
💸 100 ZMW in USD | USD 5.86 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZMW 10,000 = USD 586 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Zambezi |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | n.a. |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 140,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,270 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Emirates |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
🏥 Best hospital | Maramba Clinic |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,547 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $548 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,120 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $320 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $234 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $59 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,402 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $66 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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Real | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 8630° very warm | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 10038° hot | 9736° hot | 9133° hot | 8429° very warm | 7021° mild |
Humidity | too dry 24% | too dry 20% | too dry 11% | too dry 7% | too dry 8% | too dry 11% | too dry 21% | too dry 19% | too dry 14% | too dry 18% | too dry 21% | too dry 28% |
Rain | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 4mm | dry 7mm | dry 3mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm |
Cloud | clear 6% | clear 2% | clear 7% | pockets 12% | clear 3% | pockets 25% | pockets 44% | pockets 33% | pockets 30% | pockets 14% | clear 4% | clear 7% |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 13 UVI | avoid sun 13 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
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