⭐️ Total score | 3.14/5 (Rank #590) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $702 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 4Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 38°C100°F (feels 39°C102°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 26% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 10 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $235 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* | Okay |
😄 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* | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Egypt |
⏱ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 38°C 100°F + 🌵 Too dry (26%) = feels 39°C 102°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 10 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Vodafone |
💸 100 EGP in USD | USD 5.32 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EGP 10,000 = USD 532 |
💳 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 | 👎4% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 510,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,823 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Esta Bena |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | AirEgypt |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | AirEgypt |
🏥 Best hospital | Hospital Cleopatra in Luxor |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $702 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $440 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $636 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $182 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $133 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $33 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $533 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $25 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 119 listings) | $916 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $30 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ 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
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 7926° warm | 8630° warm | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 9937° hot | 9032° hot | 8228° warm | 7021° mild |
Real | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 8127° warm | 9234° hot | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 10239° hot | 10440° hot | 9837° hot | 9032° hot | 8329° very warm | 6820° mild |
Humidity | nice 43% | nice 36% | too dry 24% | too dry 15% | too dry 10% | too dry 17% | too dry 19% | too dry 18% | too dry 27% | nice 31% | nice 36% | nice 43% |
Rain | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 4mm | dry 0mm |
Cloud | clear 1% | clear 3% | clear 1% | clear 1% | clear 1% | clear 0% | pockets 10% | clear 2% | clear 3% | clear 2% | pockets 11% | pockets 35% |
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 | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 333 people | 200 people | 320 people | 300 people |
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