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| ⭐️ Overall score | 220 reviews |
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| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | South Africa |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 12 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 21°C 71°F + 🌵 Too dry (15%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 52 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Neotel |
| 💸 100 ZAR in USD | USD 5.84 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZAR 10,000 = USD 584 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | 27 Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 740,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $5,105 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 19x19m (361m²) per person |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Takealot |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | GumTree |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | South African Express |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | South African Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Louis Pasteur Private Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | €1,449 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €810 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €1,369 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €391 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €175 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €116 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €861 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | €40 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (498 listings) | €1,251 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €41 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | €2 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Roads can be dangerous
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| Feels | 8831° hot | 8429° warm | 8630° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 8228° warm | 8429° warm | 8429° warm |
| Real | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 7524° warm | 7926° warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8127° warm |
| Humidity | nice 56% | nice 59% | nice 53% | nice 57% | nice 36% | too dry 29% | too dry 23% | nice 33% | too dry 22% | nice 34% | nice 54% | nice 62% |
| Rain | rainy 65mm | dry 36mm | dry 30mm | dry 29mm | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 1mm | dry 2mm | dry 24mm | rainy 109mm | rainy 70mm |
| Cloud | pockets 33% | pockets 43% | pockets 16% | pockets 22% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 0% | clear 1% | pockets 19% | pockets 41% | cloudy 58% |
| Air quality | okay 53 US AQI | okay 52** US AQI | okay 52** US AQI | okay 52** US AQI | okay 52** US AQI | okay 52** US AQI | bad 118 US AQI | okay 97 US AQI | okay 83 US AQI | okay 73 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 52 US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 13 UVI | avoid sun 13 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 400 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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