| ⭐️ Total score | 
								 0.5/5 (Rank #1338) 
								 | 
						
| 👍 Quality of life score | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 👶 Family score | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 🎒 Community score | 
			 Okay  | 
	
| 💵 Cost | 
								 
																						😙 Affordable: $1,955 / mo
									 
								 | 
							
						
| 📡 Internet | 
								 
																						🤬 Unusably slow: 1 Mbps (avg) 
								 | 
						
| 😝 Fun | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | 
								 
																						🥵 Too hot: 35°C95°F (feels 32°C90°F)
									 
								 | 
						
| 💦 Humidity (now) | 
								 
										🌵 Too dry: 15%
									 
								 | 
						
| 👌 Safety | 
								 												🧨 Conflict / political instability*
											 
								 | 
						
| 👩 Safe for women | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 🤮 Food safety* | 
								 Okay 
								 | 
						
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 🎓 Education level* | 
			 Very low  | 
	
| ⚡️ Power grid | 
									 Good 
									 | 
							
| 💰 Income level* | 
									 
											Very low: 
											$65 / 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 | 
			 Good  | 
	
| ❄️ A/C or heating | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | 
			 Okay  | 
	
| 🎅 Startup Score | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 🌍 Continent | Africa | 
| 🚩 Country | Mali | 
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days | 
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps | 
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 
								🌥 35°C 95°F + 🌵 Too dry (15%) = feels 32°C 90°F
								 | 
						
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz | 
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | 
									 
									Safetywing
								 | 
							
| 💸 1,000 XOF in USD | USD 1.76 | 
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | XOF 100,000 = USD 176 | 
| ☕️ Best coffee place | TAXI Bamako | 
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Donilab | 
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | 
| 📸 Visitors per year | 193,000 visitors | 
| 📸 Tourists now | 3,699 tourists | 
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,300,000 people | 
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $778 / year | 
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes | 
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious | 
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb | 
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Turkish Airlines | 
| 🏥 Best hospital | Golden Life American Hospital | 
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,955 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $825 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,065 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $304 / month | 
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,705 / month | 
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,607 / month | 
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $230 / month | 
| 🏠 Median home price | $45,661 | 
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $127 / night | 
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $53 / night | 
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $71 / month | 
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 | 
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 | 
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 | 
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | 0 | 
| 👩🏫 International school | $0 / year | 
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | 0 / month | 
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | 0 / trip | 
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not very safe
❌ 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 | 30°C / 86°F warm | 35°C / 95°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot | 36°C / 97°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 28°C / 82°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 
| Real (median) | 
																																
												29°C / 83°F
											
																				 very warm  | 
																		
																																
												31°C / 87°F
											
																				 hot  | 
																		
																																
												34°C / 92°F
											
																				 hot  | 
																		
																																
												35°C / 95°F
											
																				 hot  | 
																		
																																
												34°C / 93°F
											
																				 hot  | 
																		
																																
												32°C / 90°F
											
																				 hot  | 
																		
																																
												29°C / 83°F
											
																				 very warm  | 
																		
																																
												27°C / 80°F
											
																				 warm  | 
																		
																																
												28°C / 82°F
											
																				 very warm  | 
																		
																																
												30°C / 85°F
											
																				 very warm  | 
																		
																																
												30°C / 86°F
											
																				 very warm  | 
																		
																																
												28°C / 82°F
											
																				 very warm  | 
																
| Humidity | 
										
											too dry 10%  | 
																		
										
											too dry 10%  | 
																		
										
											too dry 14%  | 
																		
										
											too dry 29%  | 
																		
										
											nice 43%  | 
																		
										
											nice 55%  | 
																		
										
											sweaty 72%  | 
																		
										
											sweaty 87%  | 
																		
										
											sweaty 80%  | 
																		
										
											nice 65%  | 
																		
										
											too dry 24%  | 
																		
										
											too dry 13%  | 
																
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain | 
										
											dry 0mm  | 
																		
										
											dry 0mm  | 
																		
										
											dry 2mm  | 
																		
										
											dry 7mm  | 
																		
										
											dry 34mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 99mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 239mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 266mm  | 
																		
										
											rainy 191mm  | 
																		
										
											dry 49mm  | 
																		
										
											dry 1mm  | 
																		
										
											dry 0mm  | 
																
| Cloud | 
										
										
											clear 6%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 13%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 19%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 31%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 39%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 35%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 41%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 44%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 38%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 39%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 23%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 20%  | 
																
| Air quality | 
																					
												bad 162 US AQI  | 
																		
																					
												clean 0** US AQI  | 
																		
																					
												clean 0** US AQI  | 
																		
																					
												clean 0** US AQI  | 
																		
																					
												clean 0** US AQI  | 
																		
																					
												clean 0** US AQI  | 
																		
																					
												clean 0** US AQI  | 
																		
																					
												clean 0** US AQI  | 
																		
																					
												clean 0** US AQI  | 
																		
																					
												clean 0** US AQI  | 
																		
																					
												clean 0** US AQI  | 
																		
																					
												bad 174 US AQI  | 
																
| Sun | 
										
											avoid sun 9 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 11 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 11 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 10 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 8 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 8 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 6 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 6 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 8 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 7 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 8 UVI  | 
																		
										
											avoid sun 8 UVI  | 
																
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 
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