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| ⭐️ Total score | 5 reviews |
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| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | Vanuatu |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (87%) = feels 36°C 97°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 15 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 1,000 XPF in USD | USD 9.03 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | XPF 10,000 = USD 90 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Blue Marlin |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Emily's Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 109,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 2,089 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 44,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,097 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 40% 👱♀️ 60% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Singapore Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | VANUATU PRIVATE HOSPITAL |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,766 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,440 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,544 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,584 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,695 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,713 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,176 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $126 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $89 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $144 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $13 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Too expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 10239° hot | 9937° hot | 9736° hot | 9535° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° warm | 8831° hot | 8228° warm | 8228° warm | 9133° hot | 9535° hot | 10239° hot |
| Real | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 7926° warm | 7926° warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm |
| Humidity | sweaty 88% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 83% | nice 74% | nice 77% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 85% |
| Rain | rainy 383mm | rainy 132mm | rainy 254mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 136mm | dry 28mm | rainy 68mm | dry 31mm | dry 38mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 119mm | rainy 193mm |
| Cloud | overcast 95% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 68% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 69% |
| Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI |
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