2.15/5
126 reviews
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Dahab

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Dahab is widely appreciated for its warm climate year-round and the relaxed, chill atmosphere. It's considered a haven for watersports enthusiasts, especially for freediving and scuba diving, thanks to its vibrant coral reefs and popular dive spots like the Blue Hole. Visitors mention that people are generally friendly, and the expat community is strong, especially since COVID, making for a social environment with numerous cafes and restaurants along the bay.

However, there are repeated mentions of poor internet quality, making it challenging for remote work unless you rely on a strong 4G connection. Living costs have reportedly increased, especially rental prices and supermarket goods, which might be surprising for a small town. Cleanliness is another concern, with trash in the streets noted by multiple visitors. Though some feel Dahab is safe, others have raised concerns about harassment toward women, which could be important for female travelers to consider.

In summary, Dahab is ideal for a short- to medium-term stay for beach life and diving, as long as you can handle the internet limitations and rising costs. It's less suited for those looking for long-term living with city comforts or reliable infrastructure.

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Dahab is a very chill place, if you are into scuba diving, free diving, or want to learn that is the place, cause of the beatiful sea life and corals reef.
People are very friendly, looks safe for women, lot of restaurants and cafes by the bay.
Internet is not so good, better find a place with some decent internet and also mandatory to have a 4G simcard as backup, because is not so stable. I stayed 1 month and would go back again.

2 years ago

Very underrated place. Internet is not the fastest, but with a vodafone simcard, it's more than enough.

2 years ago

Rental prices at the end of 2021 are nearly double then the years before. This means the value of money makes no more sense. A typical price for a one bedroom apt is now 8000 EGP. May be it will get down to normal when more places in the world are open again.

3 years ago

I have been all over Egypt, and def the worse internet is in Dahab. I really don't know how this statistics work. Data is about 8 mbps download and 4,5 upload. With wifi you will get the same, It also depends on your location around the village. In other areas in Egypt was much better,

4 years ago

Dahab is amazing! Thanks to being one of the few warm and open places during covid, there's a great professional expat crowd here right now. I love it and plan to extend my stay by a couple months.

4 years ago

Dahab became hard to live in, supermarkets are very expensive than the real costs of things. Rubbish everywhere in the streets. Every now and then we here a lot about not friendly to women acts. I dont recommend living in Dahab.

4 years ago

Dahab is a watersports heaven.
Home to the blue hole, the most legendary freediving spot worldwide

6 years ago

✅ Warm all year

✅ Friendly people

✅ Great for watersports

✅ Very cheap to live

✅ Pretty safe

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm in the spring

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Safe for women

✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse

❌ Poor internet

❌ Expensive cost of living

❌ Dirty streets

❌ Safety concerns for women

❌ Freedom of speech is weak

❌ No democracy

❌ Pretty slow internet

❌ Not much to do

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Very hot in the summer

❌ Very dry air now

❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ Difficult to do business

❌ Quality of education is low

❌ Hospitals are bad

❌ Roads can be dangerous

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Not family friendly

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Many people smoke tobacco

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels

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68 20°
mild

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84 29°
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90 32°
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82 28°
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75 24°
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75 24°
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Humidity

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Rain

dry
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Cloud

clear
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pockets
12%

pockets
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Sun

seek shade
5 UVI

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6 UVI

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11 UVI

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11 UVI

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7 UVI

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4 UVI

Remote workers

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety great

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°

✈️11h

$4,386 / mo

🌇 Also went here41 people

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety bad

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🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 152 😷

✈️17h

$1,874 / mo

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200 remote workers in Dahab now, of which 1+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

Members who will be here soon

Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

⭐️ Total score	2.15/5 (Rank #837) 126 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍4 liked it 👎3 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Bad
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	😝 Cheap: $876 / mo
📡 Internet	😡 Slow: 6Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Bad
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 28°C82°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	🌵 Too dry: 29%
👌 Safety	Good
🤮 Food safety*	Bad
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Good
🤝 Lack of racism*	Okay
🎓 Education level*	Mediocre
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Bad
💰 Income level*	Very low: $235 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Bad
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Okay
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Bad
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Okay
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Okay
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Okay
👩 Female friendly	Okay
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly	Bad
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Middle East
🚩 Country	Egypt
🗓️ Average trip length	18 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	6 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ 29°C 84°F + 🌵 Too dry (29%) = feels 28°C 82°F
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Careem
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 100 EGP in USD	USD 1.96
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	EGP 10,000 = USD 196
💳 Cashless	💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere
☕️ Best coffee place	Ralph's German Bakery
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	👍14% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	15,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$2,823 / year
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 76% 👱‍♀️ 24%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Religious
🏠 Apartment listings	Esta Bena
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	AirEgypt
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	AirEgypt

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$876 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$385 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$630 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$180 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,065 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$825 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$121 / month
🏠 Median home price	$39,118
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$50 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$27 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$90 / month
🍛 Dinner	$1
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$0
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$1
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$1
👩‍🏫 International school	$978 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$0 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$0 / trip