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| ⭐️ Total score | 209 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Kenya |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 13 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 8 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 26°C 78°F + 😊 Comfy (77%) = feels 28°C 82°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 120 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Safaricom |
| 💸 1,000 KES in USD | USD 8.49 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KES 10,000 = USD 85 |
| 💳 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 |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Ethiopian Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Ethiopian Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Mombasa Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,252 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $704 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,805 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $516 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $340 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $120 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $877 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 4 listings) | $499 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $16 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ 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
❌ 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 | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 67°AQI 50✈️34min$1,293 / mo🌇 Also went here13 peopleThe architecture is the most stunning thing of this place, it feels like the 22nd century. It's as cosmopolitan as a place like New York but more with people from the other side of the world. Great alternatives for getting coffee and food. Nightlife is expensive but it's good.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 37° 99° 34° 93°🥵AQI 40✈️8h$1,051 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleBest city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 30° 86° 28° 82°AQI 38✈️8h$3,573 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleJust blindingly good. Best european city by miles. Cheap tube €26 for 5 days unlimited use! City centre is all walkable though. 4 or 5 distinct barrios with mega nightlife- does anyone actually work?!! Architecture fabulous on every street. Museum reno sofia; the best collection of 20c art, free entry after 7pm! The locals are friendly too. Could easily move here.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 27° 81° 29° 85°AQI 29✈️9h$2,990 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleGood: - Great local food - Portuguese people are amazingly friendly - Vibrant DN community. It's like the city has been overtaken by remote workers. You will see everyone working on their laptop everywhere you go. - Amazing views whenever you want; you can just get a beer and climb to one of the viewpoints to see the sunset. Easy and magical. - Super cheap Ubers, easy subway Bad: - Housing prices. I'm not kidding, it's the worst I've ever seen. Ultra overpriced. I guess that's the problem when
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 72°AQI 25✈️9h$2,358 / mo🌇 Also went here8 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 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 42✈️9h$4,537 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 37° 99° 31° 88°🥵AQI 17✈️9h$949 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleI cannot help but agree with the review from the person before me. I'm finishing my 3 weeks trip here, and something feels off. Like that person put it rightly, everything is for sale, and nothing has value. There is no soul to this city and its people, locals or otherwise. Something is wrong here.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 41° 106° 33° 92°🥵AQI 74✈️9h$1,273 / mo🌇 Also went here7 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 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 34✈️10h$5,113 / mo🌇 Also went here9 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 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 7✈️11h$2,400 / 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.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 20✈️16h$5,660 / mo🌇 Also went here9 peopleI grew up in Chicago and still return fairly often. I love the character of the different neighborhoods, the variety of architectural styles, and as others have said, the food scene is incredible. It's easy to make friends in the suburbs, perhaps not so much in the city itself. I have never witnessed racial tension here, and have been pleasantly surprised by the interracial friendliness I have observed. There are a wonderful selection of forests and parks just about everywhere, and the museu
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 27° 81° 26° 79°AQI 43✈️18h$5,076 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleHow did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 38✈️21h$7,075 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
