⭐️ Total score |
2.24/5 (Rank #768)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,408 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 6Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 26°C78°F (feels 28°C82°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 66%
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👌 Safety |
Okay
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🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Very bad
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$106 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 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 |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Zambia |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 26°C 78°F + 😊 Comfy (66%) = feels 28°C 82°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 ZMW in USD | USD 3.90 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZMW 10,000 = USD 390 |
☕️ Best coffee place | The Zambean Coffee Co |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | The Works at Latitude 15 Degrees |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,700,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,270 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
🏥 Best hospital | Coptic Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,408 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $558 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $904 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $258 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,044 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $882 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $243 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $96 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $29 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $84 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | 0 |
👩🏫 International school | $28 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | 0 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | 0 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
73
23° mild |
75
24° warm |
75
24° warm |
75
24° warm |
70
21° mild |
70
21° mild |
70
21° mild |
75
24° warm |
77
25° warm |
82
28° warm |
82
28° warm |
82
28° warm |
Real |
73
23°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
70
21°
mild |
69
21°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
74
24°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
86
30°
very warm |
86
30°
very warm |
85
30°
very warm |
Humidity |
nice 48% |
nice 48% |
nice 44% |
nice 33% |
too dry 30% |
too dry 28% |
too dry 27% |
too dry 19% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 28% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
rainy 233mm |
rainy 234mm |
rainy 90mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 46mm |
rainy 90mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 12% |
clear 5% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 36% |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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