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| ⭐️ Total score | 27 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Kenya |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 10 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (84%) = feels 35°C 95°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 1,000 KES in USD | USD 8.18 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KES 10,000 = USD 82 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Jahazi Coffee House |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Mombasa Works |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 920,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,455 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 84% 👱♀️ 16% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Ethiopian Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Mombasa Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,714 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $845 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,276 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $650 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,044 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $675 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $483 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $96 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $22 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $120 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ 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 | 10038° hot | 10943° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10641° scorching | 9736° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 10440° hot | 10038° hot |
| Real | 8630° very warm | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 81% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 82% |
| Rain | dry 30mm | dry 15mm | dry 20mm | rainy 56mm | dry 26mm | dry 34mm | dry 19mm | dry 20mm | dry 24mm | dry 15mm | dry 27mm | rainy 129mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 67% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 71% |
| Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 320 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 7° 45° 7° 45°AQI 153😷✈️8h$2,857 / mo🌇 Also went here11 peopleJust returned after 1mo in Madrid. From a Male 35 year old perspective, I loved it. Endless night life, techno clubs, dive bars, live music, open jam sessions if that's your thing. If you're feeling lonely hit up Meetup and you'll find plenty of international meetups/pub crawls. Retiro park is green and huge when you need a break from the city. It's dense with tons of people from all walks of life. Multi-cultural population, students, professionals, travelers, English is spoken well my most loca
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 25✈️9h$4,549 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleI've been in Phuket for about a month now. Most of that time I've spent in Ka Ron and Kata beach area, but also have been to Chalong, Pa Tong, Rawai, and Kathu. Karon and Kata beaches are my favorite. Beaches are beautiful, especially Karon. Overall most everything is reasonably priced, but not the bargain I was told it is. I eventually found a hotel I like, where I pay 12-13 euro per night (below 500 baht atm) and that is by far the lowest I found for the quality I expect. Considering the loc
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 36° 97° 29° 84°🥵AQI 42✈️9h$2,875 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleI've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 7° 45° 8° 46°AQI 26✈️9h$4,019 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peoplePlease don’t come. Rent has doubled in price in a matter of 5yrs. Myself and other locals are being pushed out of the city and forced to move to places that are +1h commute from work. People are struggling and suffering. And yet it is all ok because rich foreigners want to “spice up” their life… I repeat, do not come, and if you do have to come, please try to do damage control
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 34✈️9h$3,430 / mo🌇 Also went here11 peopleLived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 11° 52° 11° 51°AQI 64✈️9h$5,494 / mo🌇 Also went here11 peopleBangkok is a really nice city. I lived 2 weeks in Bangkok and it was a good trip ! People are very nice, smiling and the cost is affordable. Some beautifuls temple, gardens, market etc. Chinatown is a place to visit, and Bangkok is globally clean !
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 33° 91° 27° 80°🥵AQI 53✈️9h$2,019 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleA top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 45✈️9h$6,623 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleHow did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 11° 52° 12° 54°AQI 38✈️10h$5,723 / mo🌇 Also went here11 peopleHong Kong is a great city with dense urban areas but also nature and hiking routes only 15 minutes away. There are restaurants for every taste and budget, from the best US fast casual chains to high end Michelin star restaurants. It's also extremely safe, despite recent political instability.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 17✈️11h$3,858 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleI've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 8° 46° 9° 48°AQI 30✈️18h$4,914 / mo🌇 Also went here8 people
