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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 211 reviews |
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| 👶 Family friendly | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
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| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Region | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Namibia |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌥 28°C 82°F + 💦 Not humid (52%) + 💨 7km/h = feels like 29°C 84°F |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | MTC |
| 💸 100 NAD in USD | USD 5.50 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NAD 10,000 USD 550 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Joy of Food Windhoek |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 330,000 people |
| 👫 Gender ratio | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Namibia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Namibia |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Rhino Park Private Hospital |
| low taxno-beachairportnon-touristywarm nowwarmhotclean airgood air qualityslow internetfreedom of pressdemocracyfreedommany womenfriendly people |
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,614 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $891 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,733 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $495 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $344 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $223 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,128 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $53 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (172 listings) | $1,308 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $43 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $4 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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 | How is the internet in West/Central Africa? |
 | Any tips for nomad'ing from Tanzania to South Africa? |
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 18✈️19h$3,479 / mo🌇 Also went here8 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels like | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 8228° very warm | 7926° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 7926° warm | 8429° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot |
| Real temperature | 9334° hot | 9133° hot | 9133° hot | 8429° very warm | 8127° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 8429° very warm | 9032° hot | 9234° hot | 8831° hot |
| Humidity | too dry 24% | comfy 32% | too dry 26% | comfy 30% | too dry 26% | too dry 28% | too dry 17% | too dry 16% | too dry 13% | too dry 14% | too dry 16% | comfy 39% |
| Rain | not rainy 15mm | not rainy 23mm | not rainy 11mm | not rainy 8mm | not rainy 0mm | not rainy 0mm | not rainy 1mm | not rainy 1mm | not rainy 1mm | not rainy 8mm | not rainy 8mm | not rainy 32mm |
| Cloud cover | pockets 46% | pockets 49% | cloudy 50% | pockets 14% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 1% | pockets 17% | pockets 48% | cloudy 63% |
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| UV Index | avoid sun 13 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI |
| Nomad List members there | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 0 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
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