| ⭐️ Total score |
1.89/5 (Rank #1272)
|
| 👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,172 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 1 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 34°C94°F (feels 33°C91°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 26%
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Very low |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Bad
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$52 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Burkina Faso |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 34°C 94°F + 🌵 Too dry (26%) = feels 33°C 91°F
|
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 1,000 XAF in USD | USD 1.76 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | XAF 100,000 = USD 176 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | LE NOMADE |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | La Fabrique |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 143,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 2,741 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $627 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Burkina |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Hôpital Saint Camille de Ouagadougou |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,172 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,013 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,090 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $597 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,062 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $441 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $58,347 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $143 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $106 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $16,247 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $28 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Very expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very 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 | 27°C / 81°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 28°C / 82°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm |
| Real (median) |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
34°C / 93°F
hot |
35°C / 95°F
hot |
34°C / 93°F
hot |
32°C / 89°F
hot |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
too dry 10% |
too dry 8% |
too dry 13% |
nice 34% |
nice 48% |
nice 63% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 77% |
nice 58% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 12% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 14mm |
dry 32mm |
rainy 59mm |
rainy 146mm |
rainy 204mm |
rainy 113mm |
dry 36mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
| Cloud |
clear 3% |
clear 6% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 17% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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