⭐️ Total score |
1.91/5 (Rank #1221)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,282 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 2 Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 31°C87°F (feels 38°C100°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 70%
|
👌 Safety |
Great
|
👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Very low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Bad
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$52 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 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) | 2 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 31°C 87°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 38°C 100°F
|
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 1,000 XAF in USD | USD 1.78 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | XAF 100,000 = USD 178 |
☕️ 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 | $3,282 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,021 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,107 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $602 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,205 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $445 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $58,581 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $150 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $107 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $16,384 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $28 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $4 / trip |
✅ Very 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
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ 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 |
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