⭐️ Total score |
2.23/5 (Rank #612)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,663 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 2Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 25°C77°F (feels 25°C77°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 83%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 97 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 139 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Okay
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🤮 Food safety* |
Bad
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Bad
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🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Okay
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$51 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Uganda |
🗓️ Average trip length | 13 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 25°C 77°F + 😊 Comfy (83%) = feels 25°C 77°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 97 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 139 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Taxify |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10,000 UGX in USD | USD 2.71 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | UGX 1,000,000 = USD 271 |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | The Hub |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | Hivecolab |
☕️ Best coffee place | Prunes Cafe |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Metropole |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $610 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 72% 👱♀️ 28% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Air BnB |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Uganda |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Alliance Air |
🏥 Best hospital | Case Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,663 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $737 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,494 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $427 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,712 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,382 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $246 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $80 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $45 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $245 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $5,010 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very friendly
✅ Good restaurants
✅ Fun social scene
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Chaotic environment
❌ Rough traffic
❌ Limited food/cafe/coworking options
❌ Not very scenic or much to do for remote work
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
75
24° warm |
77
25° warm |
75
24° warm |
73
23° mild |
75
24° warm |
73
23° mild |
73
23° mild |
75
24° warm |
75
24° warm |
75
24° warm |
77
25° warm |
75
24° warm |
Real |
75
24°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
73
23°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
73
23°
mild |
73
23°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
Humidity |
nice 41% |
nice 38% |
nice 39% |
nice 44% |
nice 45% |
nice 39% |
nice 36% |
nice 38% |
nice 41% |
nice 42% |
nice 39% |
nice 41% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
rainy 112mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 119mm |
rainy 251mm |
rainy 184mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 148mm |
rainy 152mm |
rainy 162mm |
rainy 151mm |
Cloud |
pockets 45% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 51% |
Air quality |
bad 149 US AQI |
bad 138 US AQI |
bad 119 US AQI |
bad 107 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 138 US AQI |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 143 US AQI |
bad 139 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 132 US AQI |
bad 138 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 280 people | 200 people | 280 people | 250 people | 250 people | 229 people | 200 people | 350 people | 400 people | 267 people | 200 people | 250 people |
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