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| ⭐️ Total score | 1 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | South Africa |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 22°C 72°F + 😊 Comfy (62%) = feels 22°C 72°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 92 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 81 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 ZAR in USD | USD 5.79 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZAR 10,000 = USD 579 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Bread & Roses |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Perch |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,105 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Takealot |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Advanced Soweto Day Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,853 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,065 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,498 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $428 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $870 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,874 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $237 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $49,163 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $61 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $197 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $2,777 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $5 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $6 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 24°C / 75°F warm | 22°C / 72°F mild | 22°C / 72°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild | 19°C / 66°F mild | 17°C / 63°F cool | 15°C / 59°F cool | 20°C / 68°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 26°C / 79°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm |
| Real (median) |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
19°C / 65°F
mild |
16°C / 61°F
cool |
15°C / 58°F
cool |
20°C / 67°F
mild |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
26°C / 78°F
warm |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 79% |
nice 73% |
nice 54% |
nice 39% |
nice 39% |
nice 42% |
nice 34% |
nice 35% |
nice 34% |
nice 46% |
nice 50% |
nice 68% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 138mm |
rainy 137mm |
dry 32mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 7mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 140mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 46% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 14% |
clear 9% |
clear 4% |
clear 9% |
pockets 12% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 43% |
| Air quality |
okay 75 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 85 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 62 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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