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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 208 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👍 Quality of life | |
| 👶 Family friendly | |
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| ✌️ Peace | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety | |
| 🏥 Healthcare | |
| 😄 Happiness | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBT friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Kenya |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 12 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌥 34°C 93°F + 💦 Humid (79%) + 💨 7km/h = feels like 50°C 122°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 90 US AQI equal to 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Safaricom |
| 💸 1,000 KES in USD | USD 9.51 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KES 10,000 USD 95 |
| 💳 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 hubairportnon-touristywarm nowwarmhotslow internethigh humiditymany men |
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $2,128 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $933 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,022 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $578 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $380 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $134 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,596 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $75 / 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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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 14° 57° 15° 59°AQI 58✈️21h$5,987 / mo🌇 Also went here6 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels like | 11546° scorching | 11546° scorching | 12250° scorching | 12049° scorching | 9937° hot | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 9937° hot | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 11546° scorching | 11546° scorching |
| Real temperature | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 9032° hot | 9032° hot |
| Humidity | sweaty 80% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 91% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 84% |
| Rain | not rainy 34mm | not rainy 26mm | not rainy 12mm | not rainy 40mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 96mm | not rainy 15mm | not rainy 20mm | not rainy 22mm | rainy 111mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 95mm |
| Cloud cover | cloudy 65% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 66% | pockets 24% | pockets 29% | pockets 36% | pockets 45% | pockets 44% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 61% |
| Air quality | bad 90** AQI | bad 90** AQI | bad 90** AQI | bad 90** AQI | bad 90** AQI | bad 90** AQI | bad 90** AQI | bad 90** AQI | bad 90** AQI | bad 90** AQI | bad 90** AQI | bad 90** AQI |
| UV Index | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI |
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✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very humid now
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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