🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.41/5 |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,884 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 8Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 33°C91°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Too humid: 80% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 28 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👍 Quality of life | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare | Bad |
😄 Happiness | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Bad |
🙊 English speaking | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Good |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
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🌍 Region | Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 13 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌤 33°C 91°F + 💦 Humid (80%) + 💨 6km/h = Feels like 46°C 115°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 28 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | Safaricom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 1,000 KES in USD | USD 9.83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: KES 10,000 | USD 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
☕️ Best coffee place | Jahazi Coffee House | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Mombasa Works | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,400,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👫 Gender ratio | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ethiopian Airlines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Ethiopian Airlines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏥 Best hospital | Mombasa Hospital | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
beachcoastal citycultural and economic hubairportwarm nowwarmhotclean airgood air qualityslow internethigh humiditymany men |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,884 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $965 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,091 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $597 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $393 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $138 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $1,206 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $56 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $5 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
![]() | Has anyone stayed in Nairobi for longer and can share costs/tips? |
![]() | Where to work in Africa |
![]() | How is the internet in West/Central Africa? |
![]() | Any tips for nomad'ing from Tanzania to South Africa? |
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✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Freedom of speech
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❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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