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| ⭐️ Total score | 51 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | South Africa |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 20 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 16°C 61°F + 😊 Comfy (68%) = feels 17°C 63°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 86 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 51 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 ZAR in USD | USD 5.52 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZAR 10,000 = USD 552 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Umhlanga Ridge |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 830,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 15,907 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 600,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,105 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 17x17m (289m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 81% 👱♀️ 19% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Takealot |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | GumTree |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Kulula |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,972 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,144 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,838 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $525 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $877 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,733 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $283 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $82,779 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $57 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $221 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $8 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $2,894 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $9 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 29°C / 84°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 29°C / 84°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 22°C / 72°F mild | 22°C / 72°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm |
| Real (median) |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 83% |
sweaty 81% |
nice 80% |
nice 79% |
nice 70% |
nice 66% |
nice 56% |
nice 70% |
nice 75% |
nice 76% |
nice 79% |
nice 84% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 102mm |
rainy 93mm |
rainy 105mm |
rainy 89mm |
dry 41mm |
dry 30mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 43mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 105mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 101mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 36% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 56% |
| Air quality |
clean 37 US AQI |
okay 51* US AQI |
okay 51* US AQI |
okay 51* US AQI |
okay 51* US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 286 people | 267 people | 289 people | 280 people | 280 people | 200 people | 280 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 280 people | 289 people |
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