⭐️ Total score | 2.33/5 (Rank #588) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,800 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 10Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 25°C78°F (feels 25°C77°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 54% |
👌 Safety | Okay |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Okay |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $253 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Cape Verde |
🗓️ Average trip length | 13 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 25°C 78°F + 😊 Comfy (54%) = feels 25°C 77°F |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 1,000 CVE in USD | USD 9.68 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CVE 10,000 = USD 97 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Kebra Cabana |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Prime |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 150,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,038 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | TAP Air Portugal |
🏥 Best hospital | Hospital de São Domingos |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,800 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,133 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,316 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $662 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,180 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,392 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $484 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $55 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $46 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $132 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,045 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $34 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 8127° warm | 7725° warm |
Real | 7524° warm | 7625° warm | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8127° warm | 7725° warm |
Humidity | nice 33% | nice 34% | nice 35% | nice 35% | nice 36% | nice 37% | nice 37% | nice 41% | nice 39% | nice 36% | nice 36% | nice 36% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | dry 1mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | rainy 59mm | rainy 70mm | dry 13mm | dry 3mm | dry 4mm |
Cloud | pockets 36% | pockets 20% | pockets 20% | pockets 22% | pockets 21% | pockets 26% | pockets 30% | pockets 39% | pockets 31% | pockets 23% | pockets 39% | pockets 40% |
Sun | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 400 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked great👮 Safety greatTap to open🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 42✈️19h$2,834 / mo🌇 Also went here5 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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