⭐️ Total score | 2.25/5 (Rank #1070) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $702 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 9Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Way too hot: 41°C105°F (feels 40°C104°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 16% |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Bad |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Bad |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $235 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* | Okay |
🧳 Lost luggage* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Egypt |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 41°C 105°F + 🌵 Too dry (16%) = feels 40°C 104°F |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 EGP in USD | USD 2.07 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EGP 10,000 = USD 207 |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Secret Garden Cafe |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Luxor Silicon Valley |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 6% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 510,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,823 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 74% 👱♀️ 26% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Esta Bena |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | AirEgypt |
🏥 Best hospital | Hospital Cleopatra in Luxor |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $702 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $376 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $378 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $108 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $648 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $997 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $285 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $33 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $54 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $0 |
👩🏫 International school | $569 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $0 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 9133° hot | 8429° warm | 7926° warm | 6820° mild |
Real | 6921° mild | 7222° mild | 7725° warm | 8831° hot | 9937° hot | 9937° hot | 9937° hot | 10038° hot | 9736° hot | 8932° hot | 8228° very warm | 6720° mild |
Humidity | too dry 22% | too dry 18% | too dry 12% | too dry 7% | too dry 5% | too dry 8% | too dry 10% | too dry 9% | too dry 13% | too dry 16% | too dry 18% | too dry 22% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm |
Cloud | clear 5% | clear 5% | clear 4% | clear 6% | clear 6% | clear 5% | clear 10% | clear 6% | clear 7% | clear 6% | pockets 11% | pockets 23% |
Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 229 people | 320 people | 233 people | 320 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 400 people | 356 people | 400 people |
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