🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.91/5 |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $943 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 4Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 22°C72°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Perfect: 54% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy: 69 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Good |
👍 Quality of life | Okay |
😤 People density | 😤 Crowded: 18k ppl/km² (7x7m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Bad |
😄 Happiness | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🙊 English speaking | Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Okay |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
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🌍 Region | Middle East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 6 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | 🌧 22°C 72°F + 💦 Not humid (54%) + 💨 10km/h = Feels like 25°C 77°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 69 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | Etisalat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 100 EGP in USD | USD 6.20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: EGP 1,000 | USD 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💻 Best coworking space | The District | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📸 Visitors per year | 3,067,100 visitors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📸 Tourists now | 58,781 tourists | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,800,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
😤 People density | 😤 crowded: 18,000 ppl/km² 7x7m (49m²) space per person | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👫 Gender ratio | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | AirEgypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | AirEgypt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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💵 Nomad Cost™ | $943 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $551 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $881 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $252 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $187 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $53 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $780 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $37 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (461 listings) | $990 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $32 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $3 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Way too hot in the summer
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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