| ⭐️ Total score |
2.11/5 (Rank #940)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,809 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 4 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 29°C84°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 58%
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Low |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Okay
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$25 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Malawi |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 82°F + 😊 Comfy (58%) = feels 29°C 84°F
|
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10,000 MWK in USD | USD 5.77 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MWK 1,000,000 = USD 577 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Lark Cafe |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | The Works at Latitude 13 Degrees |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 670,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $294 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 70% 👱♀️ 30% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Medical Aid Society of Malawi Clinic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,809 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $814 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,403 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $401 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,389 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,604 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $295 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $20,195 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $112 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $53 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $101 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $1,385 / year |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Not very democratic
❌ 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+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 25°C / 77°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 23°C / 73°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild | 22°C / 72°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 22°C / 72°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 28°C / 82°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm |
| Real (median) |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
25°C / 76°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
nice 84% |
nice 84% |
nice 87% |
nice 80% |
nice 64% |
nice 62% |
nice 59% |
nice 50% |
nice 50% |
nice 49% |
nice 44% |
nice 48% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 241mm |
rainy 186mm |
rainy 120mm |
dry 18mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 12mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 11% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 33% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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