⭐️ Total score | 2.58/5 (Rank #960) |
👍 Quality of life score | Bad |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,625 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🤬 Unusably slow: 0.00Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 32°C89°F (feels 33°C91°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 37% |
👌 Safety | Bad |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Bad |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $43 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | DR Congo |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 32°C 89°F + 😊 Comfy (37%) = feels 33°C 91°F |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Vodacom |
💸 10,000 CDF in USD | USD 5.00 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CDF 1,000,000 = USD 500 |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,400,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $512 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Congo Airways |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air France |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,625 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $600 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,190 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $340 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $400 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $0 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,091 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $98 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $0 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $0 |
☕️ Coffee | $0 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No democracy
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 8429° warm | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot |
Real | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8530° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm |
Humidity | sweaty 88% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 83% | nice 58% | nice 38% | nice 33% | nice 56% | nice 69% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 82% |
Rain | rainy 153mm | rainy 133mm | rainy 131mm | rainy 129mm | dry 49mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 24mm | rainy 93mm | rainy 157mm | rainy 148mm | rainy 181mm |
Cloud | cloudy 88% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 51% | pockets 49% | pockets 38% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 88% | overcast 92% |
Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
If you'd like to filter destinations based on their climate, try Nomad List's Climate Finder
Based on Mbuji-Mayi's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
I've spent a total of ~2 months in Kigali. Pros: very safe, pretty affordable, very pretty, hospitable people, great coffee. Cons: a bit dull, culture is very insular (respectful but quite conservative), food is bad, police state vibes are kind of weird. A certain kind of person who doesn't care about nightlife at all, is open to experiencing a foreign culture that's more inward-oriented, and wants to live a really chill lifestyle in a green, pleasant city would really like it. I personally need
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 27° 81° 26° 79°AQI 187😷✈️1h$1,420 / mo2Mbps×Lusaka is a bustling city full of surprises if you look. The downside is rent is on the pricey side than say what you would expect to pay in most places in SEA. You can find some low rental places but then you'd be putting yourself in an environment that's not particularly safe. I'd pick a neighbourhood like Kabulonga, Woodlands, Chilenje, Ibex Hill or Makeni. Getting around is easier if you have a car or find a reliable cabby. You can also use the local rideshare app called Ulendo Taxi, it work
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open☀️ Feels 26° 79° 27° 81°AQI 12✈️2h$1,181 / mo2Mbps×I love Kampala! I have been coming here since 10 years now as a digital nomad. I am here a few times a year. I have been in 20 countries in Africa and would say it is the most friendly one. Kampala is definitely a lot of fun and has good restaurants and the rest of Uganda is beautiful too. I host several times a year coworking and co-living experiences for digital nomads in Uganda. You are more than welcome to join us.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🤬 Unusably slow😀 Fun good👮 Safety badTap to open🌤 Feels 25° 77° 25° 76°AQI 187😷✈️2h$1,073 / mo2Mbps×