⭐️ Total score |
2.85/5 (Rank #388)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,230 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 3Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 14°C57°F (feels 13°C55°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 55%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 89 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 33 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Bad
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$235 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Egypt |
⏱ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 14°C 57°F + 😊 Comfy (55%) = feels 13°C 55°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 89 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 33.5 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 EGP in USD | USD 3.30 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | EGP 10,000 = USD 330 |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Costa Coffee |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Alfredo Restaurant |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Maze |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,600,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,823 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 62% 👱♀️ 38% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | AirEgypt |
🏥 Best hospital | Ahmed Shafik |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,230 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $688 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,221 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $349 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,281 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,235 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $304 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $60 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $40 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $86 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Good hospitals
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
70
21° mild |
70
21° mild |
72
22° mild |
82
28° warm |
93
34° hot |
99
37° hot |
111
44° scorching |
113
45° scorching |
100
38° hot |
88
31° hot |
84
29° warm |
68
20° mild |
Real |
68
20°
mild |
70
21°
mild |
72
22°
mild |
82
28°
very warm |
91
33°
hot |
92
34°
hot |
97
36°
hot |
97
36°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
84
29°
very warm |
81
27°
warm |
66
19°
mild |
Humidity |
nice 60% |
nice 60% |
nice 52% |
nice 44% |
nice 40% |
nice 50% |
nice 50% |
nice 52% |
nice 56% |
nice 59% |
nice 65% |
nice 61% |
Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 15mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 8mm |
Cloud |
pockets 31% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 15% |
clear 9% |
clear 7% |
clear 7% |
clear 9% |
pockets 11% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 31% |
cloudy 50% |
Air quality |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 30 US AQI |
clean 32 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 34 US AQI |
clean 35 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
clean 37 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey 📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow 😀 Fun good 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌥 Feels 39° 102° 30° 85° 🥵 AQI 50 ✈️10h $3,065 / mo 🌇 Also went here9 people ×Not gonna lie, I was pretty curious and kinda hyped before I came to Singapore. However, within 24 hours all of my curiosity turned into disappointment. Yes, Singapore is clean by any standards but especially by Asian standards. And yes, you have shopping malls, fancy skyscrapers and free toilets everywhere. But beside from that Singapore is boring and has no soul. It just seems like Singapore tries to copy interesting parts of other countries and their nature. Take Cloud Forest for example wh
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open ☀️ Feels 7° 45° 8° 46° AQI 55 ✈️12h $6,299 / mo 🌇 Also went here7 people ×What can I say that hasn't already been said? Canggu has so much energy and excitement. I think that's partly due to the cost of living plus the weather. People are very nice here but expect general life for the locals to revolve around tourism. You're not going to get an authentic Indonesian cultural experience. It's definitely not perfect and not an easy place to live but considering how cheap it is what can you expect? I think the pros outweigh the cons and cons are plentiful (dirty, cash soc
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌧 Feels 34° 93° 28° 82° 🥵 AQI 55 ✈️13h $1,456 / mo 🌇 Also went here8 people ×Honestly, this is an awesome place to be if you're actually trying to get work done. It's a bit of an older vibe than Canggu, and there's certainly a big chunk of yogi's kicking around — but I liked it much better than Canggu and found it less pretentious. Plus, you can drive down there in 45mins whenever you want some beach or party vibes. As others mentioned, there's some great coworking spaces, cheap warungs, some really nice spots to stay cheaply if you go just outside of the mad tourist
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety good Tap to open 🌧 Feels 31° 88° 26° 80° 🥵 AQI 55 ✈️13h $2,073 / mo 🌇 Also went here8 people ×How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive 📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow 😀 Fun bad 👮 Safety mediocre Tap to open 🌧 Feels 10° 50° 11° 53° AQI 29 ✈️16h $6,520 / mo 🌇 Also went here7 people ×