⭐️ Total score |
3.12/5 (Rank #600)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,014 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 24Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 A bit cold: 17°C62°F (feels 17°C63°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 69%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 25 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$38 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Madagascar |
⏱ Average trip length | 17 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 17°C 62°F + 😊 Comfy (69%) = feels 17°C 63°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 25 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 115V230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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📱 Best wireless carrier | Airtel |
💸 10,000 MGA in USD | USD 2.45 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MGA 1,000,000 = USD 245 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Chill Out Cafe Ambondrona |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Cafe Tana |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Widea |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
📸 Visitors per year | 255,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 4,887 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $451 / year |
⛪️ 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 | $1,014 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $643 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,226 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $350 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $223 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $110 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $517 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $24 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 53 listings) | $1,103 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $36 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be 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 |
84
29° warm |
77
25° warm |
75
24° warm |
73
23° mild |
72
22° mild |
70
21° mild |
66
19° mild |
70
21° mild |
70
21° mild |
75
24° warm |
84
29° warm |
77
25° warm |
Real |
79
26°
warm |
76
25°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
73
23°
mild |
72
22°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
66
19°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
70
21°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
Humidity |
nice 85% |
nice 90% |
nice 89% |
nice 85% |
nice 76% |
nice 73% |
nice 71% |
nice 67% |
nice 67% |
nice 63% |
nice 64% |
nice 72% |
Rain |
rainy 194mm |
rainy 247mm |
rainy 171mm |
dry 48mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 16mm |
rainy 108mm |
rainy 190mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 81% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 72% |
Sun |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
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Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
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