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| ⭐️ Total score | 3 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Lesotho |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 10°C 49°F + 😊 Comfy (48%) = feels 9°C 48°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 36 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Vodacom |
| 💸 100 LSL in USD | USD 6.13 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LSL 1,000 = USD 61 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Renaissance Coffee & Cafe |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | GrindNation |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 430,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,017 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | South African Airways |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | South African Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Maseru Private Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,404 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $750 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,467 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $419 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $307 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $77 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,371 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $64 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 51 listings) | $1,052 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $35 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 6317° cool | 6116° cool | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 7222° mild |
| Real | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 6317° cool | 5915° cool | 5513° cool | 6317° cool | 7122° mild | 6820° mild | 7424° warm | 7222° mild |
| Humidity | nice 75% | nice 65% | nice 52% | nice 44% | nice 47% | nice 45% | nice 37% | nice 39% | nice 39% | nice 40% | nice 32% | nice 72% |
| Rain | rainy 185mm | rainy 102mm | rainy 62mm | dry 32mm | dry 9mm | dry 5mm | dry 1mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 121mm | rainy 94mm | rainy 219mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 66% | pockets 49% | pockets 33% | pockets 37% | pockets 16% | pockets 21% | clear 3% | pockets 16% | pockets 28% | pockets 36% | pockets 45% | cloudy 64% |
| Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI |
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