⭐️ Total score | 2.1/5 (Rank #1317) |
👍 Quality of life score | Bad |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,913 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 9Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 29°C85°F (feels 35°C95°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 82% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 30 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Good |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Very low |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $50 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Liberia |
⏱ Average trip length | 21 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (82%) = feels 35°C 95°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 115V230V60Hz50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Lonestar Cell |
💸 1,000 LRD in USD | USD 6.60 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LRD 10,000 = USD 66 |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
☕️ Best coffee place | The Coffee bean and Tea Leaf |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | iCampus |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 37,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $598 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Royal Air Maroc |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Royal Air Maroc |
🏥 Best hospital | Saint Joseph Catholic Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,913 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,117 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $7,893 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,255 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,650 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $415 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,557 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $120 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 40 listings) | $1,978 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $65 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $22 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $8 |
☕️ Coffee | $6 |
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ 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 | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 9736° hot | 10239° hot | 10239° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 9334° hot | 9133° hot | 9535° hot | 10038° hot |
Real | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm |
Humidity | sweaty 84% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 91% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 84% |
Rain | rainy 136mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 144mm | rainy 154mm | rainy 254mm | rainy 450mm | rainy 370mm | rainy 438mm | rainy 476mm | rainy 365mm | rainy 201mm | rainy 122mm |
Cloud | cloudy 57% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 85% | overcast 93% | overcast 91% | cloudy 88% | overcast 93% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 57% |
Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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