⭐️ Total score | 3.04/5 (Rank #828) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,087 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 9Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥵 Too hot: 30°C85°F (feels 38°C100°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 🥵 Sweaty: 81% |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Okay |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $253 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Cape Verde |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 30°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (81%) = feels 38°C 100°F |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Unitel |
💸 1,000 CVE in USD | USD 9.23 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CVE 10,000 = USD 92 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Kebra Cabana |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Prime |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 150,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,038 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | GabinoHome |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | TAP Air Portugal |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | TAP Air Portugal |
🏥 Best hospital | Hospital de São Domingos |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,087 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,222 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,084 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $881 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $462 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $271 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,068 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $50 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 91 listings) | $1,166 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $38 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 8228° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 8630° warm | 8630° warm | 9032° hot | 9937° hot | 9535° hot | 8831° hot | 8228° warm |
Real | 7926° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7926° warm |
Humidity | nice 66% | nice 67% | nice 69% | nice 70% | nice 71% | sweaty 73% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 72% | nice 71% |
Rain | dry 2mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 2mm | rainy 62mm | rainy 61mm | dry 13mm | dry 25mm | dry 5mm |
Cloud | cloudy 63% | pockets 33% | pockets 33% | pockets 35% | pockets 33% | pockets 43% | pockets 48% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 52% | pockets 38% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 69% |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 400 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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