⭐️ Total score |
2.33/5 (Rank #600)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🙂 Okay: $2,553 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 6Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 29°C84°F (feels 33°C91°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 74%
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👌 Safety |
Good
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Good
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Great
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$351 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
🌍 Continent | Oceania |
🚩 Country | Samoa |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (74%) = feels 33°C 91°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 WST in USD | USD 3.57 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | WST 1,000 = USD 357 |
☕️ Best coffee place | The Coffee Bean Cafe |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Tanoa Apia |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Tanoa Apia |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 36,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,214 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Fiji Airways |
🏥 Best hospital | Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,553 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,495 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,242 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $641 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,983 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,229 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $357 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $93 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $106 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $189 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $2,143 / year |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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82
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Real |
82
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80
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82
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82
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Humidity |
nice 41% |
nice 41% |
nice 40% |
nice 40% |
nice 40% |
nice 40% |
nice 40% |
nice 40% |
nice 39% |
nice 41% |
nice 41% |
nice 40% |
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Rain |
rainy 185mm |
rainy 348mm |
rainy 201mm |
rainy 122mm |
rainy 117mm |
rainy 145mm |
rainy 83mm |
rainy 149mm |
rainy 71mm |
rainy 113mm |
rainy 189mm |
rainy 172mm |
Cloud |
pockets 31% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 31% |
Sun |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 👍 Liked mediocre 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° ✈️16h $7,298 / mo 🌇 Also went here4 people ×Been living here for few months and absolutely love it. Chosen to live near the sea and can go on walks on the beach when fancy it as well as enjoying a - small - but animated city center from time to time. If you search a little you can find restaurant Jems and go very easily to some cute places around such as Howth, Malahide and others. The downs : cost of living and fluctuating weather but at least you see the sun once in a while !
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good 👍 Liked good 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌥 Feels 5° 41° 7° 45° AQI 58 😷 ✈️21h $5,041 / mo 🌇 Also went here4 people ×Hello i am agreed with previous comment . I was very passionate about Portugal pend here two and half years even more just living living here , not travel abroad . So my opinion its very beautiful country people are also very nice . Ideally if you working abroad . British and French expats are here . Nepal people hard workers and afro colonies people who came from Mozambique . Its totally fine no racism and totally solidarity . But , if you searching housing , and move in city of course , it wi
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