⭐️ Total score | 2.34/5 (Rank #565) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,016 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 7Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 26°C79°F (feels 26°C79°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 37% |
👌 Safety | Okay |
🤮 Food safety* | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Low |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Okay |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $368 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
😄 Happiness* | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Great |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Bad |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Namibia |
🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 26°C 79°F + 😊 Comfy (37%) = feels 26°C 79°F |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 NAD in USD | USD 5.30 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NAD 10,000 = USD 530 |
💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
☕️ Best coffee place | The Joy of Food Windhoek |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 330,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,415 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 76% 👱♀️ 24% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Namibia |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Namibia |
🏥 Best hospital | Rhino Park Private Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,016 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,034 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,868 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $534 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,373 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,291 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $334 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $64 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $42 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $219 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $8 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $3,590 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $11 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 7323° mild | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 6619° mild | 7222° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 7725° warm |
Real | 7725° warm | 7725° warm | 7826° warm | 7323° mild | 6820° mild | 6519° mild | 6519° mild | 7122° mild | 7926° warm | 8027° warm | 8329° very warm | 8228° very warm |
Humidity | nice 38% | too dry 24% | too dry 26% | too dry 20% | too dry 18% | too dry 17% | too dry 14% | too dry 11% | too dry 8% | too dry 8% | too dry 8% | too dry 11% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | rainy 135mm | dry 42mm | rainy 62mm | dry 3mm | dry 4mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 0mm | dry 13mm | dry 4mm | dry 5mm |
Cloud | cloudy 53% | pockets 28% | pockets 24% | pockets 19% | clear 9% | clear 6% | clear 4% | clear 5% | clear 9% | clear 4% | pockets 10% | pockets 15% |
Sun | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 13 UVI | avoid sun 13 UVI |
Remote workers | 233 people | 200 people | 320 people | 200 people | 300 people | 400 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 450 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good👍 Liked great👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 37✈️19h$2,920 / mo🌇 Also went here18 people×Can't login? See the FAQ
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