⭐️ Overall Score | 3.52/5 (Rank #117) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,617 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 7Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F (feels 29°C84°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 34% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 23 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Very Low: $235 / mo |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍5 likes vs. 👎0 dislikes |
🙊 English speaking | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare | Okay |
😄 Happiness | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Bad |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Region | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Egypt |
⏱ Average trip duration | 39 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 30°C 86°F + 😊 Comfy (34%) = feels 29°C 84°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 23 US AQI 🍃 good |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Orange |
💸 100 EGP in USD | USD 6.38 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EGP 1,000 = USD 64 |
💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | G*Space |
☕️ Best coffee place | The Club House |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf |
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 15,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $2,823 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | AirEgypt |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | AirEgypt |
🏥 Best hospital | El Gouna Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,617 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,183 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,221 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $920 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $979 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $54 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $1,932 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $90 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (25 listings) | $5,263 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $173 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Not many members go here
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 7926° warm | 8831° hot | 9736° hot | 9736° hot | 9736° hot | 9334° hot | 9334° hot | 8429° warm | 7222° mild |
Real | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 7926° warm | 9133° hot | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 9535° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 8228° very warm | 7222° mild |
Humidity | nice 39% | nice 42% | nice 34% | nice 35% | too dry 24% | nice 33% | nice 33% | nice 34% | nice 41% | nice 43% | nice 51% | nice 47% |
Rain | dry 1mm | dry 9mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 2mm | dry 1mm |
Cloud | pockets 33% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | pockets 14% | clear 2% |
Sun | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI |
Nomad List members | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people |
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