⭐️ Total score |
0.5/5 (Rank #1334)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,314 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 5Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 26°C80°F (feels 28°C82°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 76%
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👌 Safety |
🧨 Conflict / political instability*
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Bad
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
🧨 Conflict / political instability*
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$32 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Mozambique |
🗓️ Average trip length | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 5 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 26°C 80°F + 😊 Comfy (76%) = feels 28°C 82°F
|
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 MZN in USD | USD 1.56 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MZN 10,000 = USD 156 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Acacia |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | CowrkLab |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,200,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $379 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
🏥 Best hospital | Ordem Dos Médicos De Moçambique |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,314 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,388 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,970 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $849 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,641 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,170 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $665 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $77 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $38 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $61 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $12 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,426 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $5 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $14 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 |
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27° warm |
81
27° warm |
81
27° warm |
77
25° warm |
73
23° mild |
70
21° mild |
70
21° mild |
73
23° mild |
75
24° warm |
73
23° mild |
77
25° warm |
81
27° warm |
Real |
81
27°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
73
23°
mild |
70
21°
mild |
70
21°
mild |
73
23°
mild |
74
24°
warm |
73
23°
mild |
78
26°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
Humidity |
nice 37% |
nice 38% |
nice 36% |
nice 35% |
nice 35% |
nice 35% |
nice 34% |
nice 34% |
nice 34% |
nice 33% |
nice 35% |
nice 37% |
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Rain |
rainy 121mm |
rainy 102mm |
dry 44mm |
dry 27mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 14mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 12mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 110mm |
Cloud |
pockets 28% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 12% |
clear 6% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 39% |
Sun |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
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