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| 🌍 Region | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Madagascar |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 12 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 22°C 72°F + Humid (64%) = feels 22°C 72°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 92 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Airtel |
| 💸 10,000 MGA in USD | USD 2.55 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MGA 1,000,000 = USD 255 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Chill Out Cafe Ambondrona |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Cafe Tana |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Widea |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 255,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 4,887 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | KLM |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
| 🏥 Best hospital | INSTITUT MEDICAL DE MADAGASCAR |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,076 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $652 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,276 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $364 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $232 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $115 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $642 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $30 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (41 listings) | $1,078 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $35 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
I’ve been toying with the thought of spending a month or three in Madagascar next year, but the capital doesn’t seem excessively appealing. Any recommendations for nice places to stay? (Ideally reasonably large – large enough to be represented on AirBnB, at least --, but pleasant.)
(If anyone else is planning to head that way sometime after February 2017, get in touch too! 
)
I’m just back from there but only spent two weeks. Antsirabe was the closest thing to a functional town that we’ve been to, in addition to Tana, which didn’t seem too bad actually except for being unsafe at night.
An amazing hotel we stayed at that I wholeheartedly recommend is Citizen (in Tana).
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Rain | rainy 154mm | rainy 116mm | rainy 153mm | rainy 52mm | dry 13mm | dry 39mm | dry 2mm | dry 5mm | dry 9mm | dry 31mm | rainy 87mm | rainy 118mm |
| Cloud | overcast 92% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 77% | pockets 32% | pockets 25% | pockets 40% | pockets 32% | pockets 27% | pockets 40% | pockets 46% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 82% |
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Hi, I would recommend to not spend too much time in Port Louis if you are in Mauritius. It is a less interesting place in Mauritius to stay or spend time. I would recommend either the North or the west coast of the Island. Trou aux Biches or Flic en Flac are two really good options. You will be at most 5 mins walk away from a postal card beach while still having very good working conditions (good wifi). What I love about Mauritius is the variety of things to do, even though it is quite a small
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 17✈️1h$1,993 / mo4MbpsMuch better than Nomadlist says! There are many nice places to stay outside of the city of Victoria. Only the harbour area is really expensive. Local food is cheap and very tasty! Getting a sim is eay.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°✈️2h$3,091 / mo6MbpsI enjoyed the beaches in Diani, Kilifi, and Watamu. However, Mombasa island is not a very enjoyable place to be and I would recommend only staying there the night before an early departure.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 85°🥵AQI 97😷✈️2h$2,169 / mo9MbpsLot's of great little eating places hidden around. the food style is much different than Johannesburg.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 21° 70° 20° 69°AQI 44✈️3h$1,833 / mo9MbpsLusaka is a bustling city full of surprises if you look. The downside is rent is on the pricey side than say what you would expect to pay in most places in SEA. You can find some low rental places but then you'd be putting yourself in an environment that's not particularly safe. I'd pick a neighbourhood like Kabulonga, Woodlands, Chilenje, Ibex Hill or Makeni. Getting around is easier if you have a car or find a reliable cabby. You can also use the local rideshare app called Ulendo Taxi, it work
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 29° 84° 30° 86°🥵AQI 99😷✈️3h$849 / mo3MbpsJohannesburg is a city in and the capital of South Africa. It is also the largest city in Africa. At an elevation of 2,389 metres (7,895 feet) above sea level, it is located at the centre of the Highveld area of the Transvaal Basin, on the east bank of the upper reaches of the Vaal River. It is one of the most developed cities in Africa, and is the major centre of South Africa's economy. The city is ranked as the 22nd-largest city in the world, and the largest city in Africa, with a population
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 32✈️3h$1,501 / mo18MbpsKathmandu has frequent power outages as of December 2019 even though everyone says otherwise, as does Pokhara. The old outages are referring to the load shedding issue which were routine power outages for the majority of the day. Now power outages are not routine and can last unknown amounts of time, even the main (and only) airport loses power often. Buildings are unheated, water for showering is generally unheated or lukewarm, many houses get their water from urban aquifers which may be hea
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 27° 81° 26° 78°AQI 112😷✈️9h$714 / mo4MbpsSuper fun and beautiful city. I find Parisians are actually very patient and warm if you at least attempt to speak French; in my experience, most people who complain that they're rude are the ones making zero effort to speak the language. Expensive though and not very easy to meet other nomads.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 31✈️12h$3,852 / mo29MbpsLondon is the best city in the world - you just can't do it on a budget. It's got an amazing tech scene but ALSO world class media, fashion, finance, art industries and many others. If you don't want to live in a tech / expat mono-culture then it's for you. It is a genuine melting pot with a huge range of nationalities and cultures living together (the US has a large number of nationalities but there seems to be hard segregations between them geographically, economically, culturally - so they
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 14° 57° 15° 59°AQI 21✈️12h$3,884 / mo20MbpsBeautiful place but the crime is really bad. You can't really enjoy it at night and you have to be constantly aware of your surroundings. Im not sure how this ended up in the top 10 on NomadList.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 20° 68° 20° 68°AQI 23✈️4h$1,646 / mo🌇 Also went here4 peopleFirst time I was in KL was in 2015 as a backpacking student. I stayed for 2 weeks at an airbnb in Bangsar South and I loved it. Met up with Uni friends, made new friends and I really like the relaxed atmosphere, despite being in a huge city. Fast forward, 3 years later, I went by myself to KL for a 3 days stay on a visa run from Chiang Mai. I stayed in a hotel near Bukit Bintang. I actually really didn't like it - I think because I was by myself, in a fairly wild part of the city and got so us
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 40° 104° 30° 86°🥵AQI 61✈️9h$1,278 / mo🌇 Also went here5 peopleDon't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 73✈️9h$1,430 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleSofia is one of the most amazing cities ever, it has old buildings because of the low economic status of the country, but the main cause is from the low number of tourists visiting this lovely country. The food is amazing and cheap, the population is very fun, but they are a little bit homophobics and racists (not everyone, but there are a lot of people who really are). Bulgaria has amazing views, parks, coffeehouses and of course the most beautiful beaches and sunsets, the temperature of the wa
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 13° 55° 13° 55°AQI 59✈️10h$1,320 / mo🌇 Also went here4 peopleI stayed here for a month in July last year. There's lots of cool aspects to the city but I hated it when I was there. The city has a problem with British stag parties, so if you look like you're a British male and speak English expect to be treated with disdain (it's fair enough) The Hungarians can just generally be unfriendly, especially bartenders. It's a weird experience waiting to be served while 3 people ignore you. Or buying the same drink and getting charged whatever they want (700-1500
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 15° 59° 15° 58°AQI 45✈️11h$1,429 / mo🌇 Also went here5 peopleDuring winter is quite safe plus much cheaper. Some nightclubs are free and yet there is still a lot of people. Great por lgbtq+ community.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 38✈️11h$2,837 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleMy husband and I spent about 6 weeks testing Prague in Nov-Dec 2018 as we were considering it as a semi-permanent base of operations for the next year or two. Honestly it was great and we plan on leaving Malta where we have been for the past year. Pluses - transportation is very good and quite cheap, tons of restaurants, lots to do. People are more reserved, perhaps even a bit suspicious, so I would not say it was an OVERLY welcoming vibe, however there are a lot of expats from the US, CA, UK
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌤 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 17✈️11h$1,944 / mo🌇 Also went here5 peopleZurich is a nice city, not very big but charming, especially the old town where you can find bars and restaurants. Good party culture, a lot of different clubs. A lot if different things to do and other cities like the capital (Bern) are within a 1 hour train ride.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 53°AQI 13✈️11h$5,210 / mo🌇 Also went here4 peopleI really enjoyed staying in Madrid. Reasonable coast of life, plenty of things to see/do and deliiiiicious food.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 29✈️11h$2,781 / mo🌇 Also went here4 peopleBerlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 23✈️11h$2,938 / mo🌇 Also went here5 peopleLondon is the best city in the world - you just can't do it on a budget. It's got an amazing tech scene but ALSO world class media, fashion, finance, art industries and many others. If you don't want to live in a tech / expat mono-culture then it's for you. It is a genuine melting pot with a huge range of nationalities and cultures living together (the US has a large number of nationalities but there seems to be hard segregations between them geographically, economically, culturally - so they
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 14° 57° 15° 59°AQI 21✈️12h$3,884 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleI do love Mexico City, it's incredibly vibrant with friendly people. That said, I will warn against following advice from people who go for a few months and say, "it's safe because I never had an issue". This is Latin America and it is known to be dangerous for a reason, statistically, even Mexico City is very unsafe. The chance of something dangerous happening goes up the longer you stay, only you can decide if that's worth it.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 74✈️22h$1,445 / mo🌇 Also went here4 people
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