⭐️ Overall Score | 3.14/5 (Rank #414) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $764 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 7Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 38°C101°F (feels 36°C97°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🌵 Too dry: 17% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 36 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Very Low: $235 / mo |
🙊 English speaking | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare | Okay |
😄 Happiness | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Bad |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Region | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Egypt |
⏱ Average trip duration | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 38°C 101°F + 🌵 Too dry (17%) = feels 36°C 97°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 36 US AQI 🍃 good |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Vodafone |
💸 100 EGP in USD | USD 6.37 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EGP 1,000 = USD 64 |
💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Secret Garden Cafe |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Luxor Silicon Valley |
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 510,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $2,823 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Esta Bena |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | AirEgypt |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | AirEgypt |
🏥 Best hospital | Hospital Cleopatra in Luxor |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $764 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $481 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $762 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $218 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $159 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $40 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $553 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $26 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (109 listings) | $911 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $30 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Safe for women
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ 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
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7021° mild | 7222° mild | 7725° warm | 8228° warm | 9736° hot | 10038° hot | 10038° hot | 10239° hot | 9937° hot | 9334° hot | 8429° warm | 7222° mild |
Real | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 7926° warm | 8630° very warm | 10239° hot | 10239° hot | 10239° hot | 10239° hot | 9736° hot | 9535° hot | 8429° very warm | 7222° mild |
Humidity | nice 38% | nice 39% | too dry 24% | too dry 20% | too dry 12% | too dry 18% | too dry 18% | too dry 22% | too dry 30% | too dry 26% | nice 43% | nice 49% |
Rain | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 2mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm |
Cloud | pockets 33% | clear 3% | clear 2% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 1% | pockets 10% | clear 0% |
Sun | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI |
Nomad List members | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 0 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people |
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