⭐️ Total score | 1.88/5 (Rank #1246) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Too expensive: $4,358 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 7Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 26°C79°F (feels 28°C82°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 70% |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😷 Unhealthy : 195 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🤮 Food safety* | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Okay |
🎓 Education level* | Very low |
⚡️ Power grid | Okay |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Bad |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $79 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Senegal |
🗓️ Average trip length | 12 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 26°C 79°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 28°C 82°F |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 195 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 1,000 XOF in USD | USD 1.64 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | XOF 100,000 = USD 164 |
💻 Best coworking space | Jokkolabs |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,100,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $948 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 73% 👱♀️ 27% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Kenya Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $4,358 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,653 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,674 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,050 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,350 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $826 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $204 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $151 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $7,420 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $8 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $9 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Way too expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ 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 | 7926° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° warm | 8429° warm | 8429° warm | 8630° warm | 8228° warm | 8127° warm |
Real | 8027° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8329° very warm |
Humidity | nice 30% | nice 33% | nice 40% | nice 42% | nice 44% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 42% | nice 41% | nice 38% | nice 37% | nice 32% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 11mm | rainy 154mm | rainy 93mm | dry 10mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm |
Cloud | pockets 28% | pockets 27% | pockets 11% | pockets 17% | pockets 22% | pockets 32% | pockets 37% | cloudy 50% | pockets 45% | pockets 37% | pockets 40% | pockets 49% |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 300 people | 333 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 7° 45° 8° 46°AQI 78😷✈️7h$3,943 / mo🌇 Also went here15 people×I’m working remotely and since it’s war in Ukraine I was living in Istanbul for half of year, after moving to Dubai i realised it’s not much more expensive here in Dubai. And besides that no one is cheating me like it was happening non stop in Istanbul
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°✈️8h$7,298 / mo🌇 Also went here13 people×December 2022: Nairobi is a city less walkable than Bangkok, worse infrastructure than the Eastern European province, a non-service culture that would rival Germany, WiFi & 3G/4G like in rural Kyrgyzstan (the kind of where you walk with your phone in your stretched out hand)…. All of that you get for almost US-level prices. Nah, I didn’t have a good time. It feels utterly derelict and careless. Zero things to do except paying through your nose for Safari stuff. Although the people are ver
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked bad👮 Safety badTap to open🌧 Feels 21° 70° 20° 69°AQI 46✈️8h$1,561 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×I am here since January 2024 - almost 4 month now, and it is the best place I´ve ever been to - and that means a lot! Cons: Do not hike on your own .- thats ways too dagerous. I highly reommend to hire a car and still take an uber at night. Pros: There is plenty of wonderful things to do, you will meet lovely, openminded people, the locals are great company and will make you feel as if you belong to them. My Internet is supersafe (I am currently in Seapoint in an Air B&B), the food is fantasti
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked good👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 65°AQI 55😷✈️9h$2,150 / mo🌇 Also went here10 people×Lived here for over a year, but I only recommend short visits. Contrary to what you hear, there is plenty of crime in parts of Dubai. Talking about that crime is considered taboo and, in many cases, is illegal. Sexual assault and gang violence against expats took place just outside my building, to people who lived in my building. I went to the police station a few times, but the issue was never handled and no arrests were ever made. I have videos of (unspecified) crimes taking place here, but
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 28° 82° 27° 81°AQI 136😷✈️10h$3,484 / mo🌇 Also went here11 people×Love it! Don't expect them to speak English, that is NOT their native language. If you're going to go, learn some Spanish and respect their culture. No gentrification in Mexico, please.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked good👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°✈️11h$2,013 / mo🌇 Also went here10 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 🙂 Good👍 Liked bad👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 17° 63° 16° 61°✈️14h$5,912 / mo🌇 Also went here9 people×This city is not for everyone, if you like shopping malls and big crowded cities it is for you. It may be cheap but if you want to live in a good location with swimming pool, go to nice rooftops and restaurants, use taxis then it is similar cost to western countries. In many areas there are no sidewalks, big and dangerous traffic all the time, pollution, taxis do not want to go with meter, it can get really hot. Definitely try to live by the metro. Many foreigners, mostly friendly people, cheap
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 45° 113° 36° 97°🥵AQI 62😷✈️17h$1,345 / mo🌇 Also went here16 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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