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| ⭐️ Total score | 12 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | Samoa |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (74%) = feels 31°C 88°F
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| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 WST in USD | USD 3.55 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | WST 1,000 = USD 355 |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Coffee Bean Cafe |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Tanoa Apia |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Tanoa Apia |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 36,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,214 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 78% 👱♀️ 22% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Fiji Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,031 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,692 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,230 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $637 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,775 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,030 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,151 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $147,372 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $130 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $132 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $188 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $2,131 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Very expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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) | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot |
| Real (median) |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 80% |
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| Rain |
rainy 185mm |
rainy 348mm |
rainy 201mm |
rainy 122mm |
rainy 117mm |
rainy 145mm |
rainy 83mm |
rainy 149mm |
rainy 71mm |
rainy 113mm |
rainy 189mm |
rainy 172mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 31% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 31% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 333 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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