⭐️ Total score |
2.73/5 (Rank #712)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $966 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🏎 Fast: 24Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 21°C69°F (feels 21°C70°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 75%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 16 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Okay |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$38 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Madagascar |
⏱ Average trip length | 17 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 21°C 69°F + 😊 Comfy (75%) = feels 21°C 70°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 16 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 115V230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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📱 Best wireless carrier | Airtel |
💸 10,000 MGA in USD | USD 2.42 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MGA 1,000,000 = USD 242 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Chill Out Cafe Ambondrona |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Cafe Tana |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Widea |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
📸 Visitors per year | 255,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 4,887 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $451 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | KLM |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
🏥 Best hospital | INSTITUT MEDICAL DE MADAGASCAR |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $966 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $656 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,179 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $337 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $210 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $64 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $463 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $22 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 49 listings) | $1,204 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $39 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $2 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
84
29° warm |
77
25° warm |
75
24° warm |
73
23° mild |
72
22° mild |
70
21° mild |
66
19° mild |
70
21° mild |
70
21° mild |
75
24° warm |
84
29° warm |
77
25° warm |
Real |
79
26°
warm |
76
25°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
73
23°
mild |
72
22°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
66
19°
mild |
68
20°
mild |
70
21°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
Humidity |
nice 85% |
nice 90% |
nice 89% |
nice 85% |
nice 76% |
nice 73% |
nice 71% |
nice 67% |
nice 67% |
nice 63% |
nice 64% |
nice 72% |
Rain |
rainy 194mm |
rainy 247mm |
rainy 171mm |
dry 48mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 25mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 16mm |
rainy 108mm |
rainy 190mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 81% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 72% |
Sun |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
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Lived in Nairobi off and on since 2019. I think it's an excellent place to live. Weather is phenomenal, between 20-27C most of the time. People are super friendly and it's very cosmopolitan (attracts people from all over Kenya, Africa and the world). For Africa it's relatively progressive and I'm not sure why it gets a "not safe for women" (IME it's not perfect but no worse than many other countries around the world and much less regressive than Middle East, South Asia, etc.) It's an excellent j
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable 📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast 😀 Fun great 👮 Safety bad Tap to open ☀️ Feels 33° 91° 31° 87° 🥵 AQI 34 ✈️11h $1,010 / mo 🌇 Also went here5 people ×Best city in Spain. Weather is great even in December and the clubbing scene is fun. There's lots to do and it's a beautiful city overall. You have to watch out for pickpockets but as long as you aren't leaving things unattended or obviously in your pockets you'll be fine. If you're into hostels, Hostel One Paralelo is BY FAR the best hostel in the area, worth every penny. Will definitely be back, and I never say that.
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