⭐️ Total score |
2.17/5 (Rank #906)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $968 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 2Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 29°C84°F (feels 31°C88°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 59%
|
👌 Safety |
Okay
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Very low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$40 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Gambia |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 29°C 84°F + 😊 Comfy (59%) = feels 31°C 88°F
|
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 GMD in USD | USD 1.47 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | GMD 10,000 = USD 147 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Cassy's Cafe & Restaurant |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | JokkoLabs |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 31,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $484 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Corendon |
🏥 Best hospital | Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $968 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $551 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,019 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $291 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $720 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,044 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $147 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $34 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $34 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $95 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $368 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $7 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be 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 |
77
25° warm |
77
25° warm |
79
26° warm |
79
26° warm |
79
26° warm |
82
28° warm |
82
28° warm |
82
28° warm |
84
29° warm |
84
29° warm |
82
28° warm |
79
26° warm |
Real |
81
27°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
80
27°
warm |
79
26°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
83
29°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
83
29°
very warm |
85
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
Humidity |
too dry 19% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 28% |
nice 35% |
nice 39% |
nice 41% |
nice 41% |
nice 44% |
nice 44% |
nice 40% |
nice 34% |
too dry 23% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 12mm |
rainy 95mm |
rainy 282mm |
rainy 203mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
Cloud |
pockets 14% |
pockets 32% |
clear 8% |
clear 8% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 38% |
Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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