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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 19 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 👌 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* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 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 |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 20 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 18°C 64°F + 😊 Comfy (55%) = feels 18°C 64°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 90 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 6.18 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZAR 1,000 = USD 62 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | 27 Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 740,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,105 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 19x19m (361m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 67% 👱♀️ 33% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Takealot |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | GumTree |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | South African Express |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | South African Airways |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Louis Pasteur Private Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,518 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,225 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,705 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $487 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,685 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,422 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $271 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $80,400 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $79 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $79 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $457 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $4,038 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $11 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2882° warm |
2475° warm |
2475° warm |
2475° warm |
2170° mild |
1966° mild |
1864° cool |
2272° mild |
2577° warm |
2577° warm |
2984° warm |
2475° warm |
| Real (median) |
2780°
warm |
2475°
warm |
2475°
warm |
2475°
warm |
2169°
mild |
1864°
cool |
1762°
cool |
2271°
mild |
2576°
warm |
2576°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2475°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 64% |
nice 65% |
nice 57% |
nice 50% |
nice 45% |
nice 45% |
nice 39% |
nice 40% |
nice 35% |
nice 45% |
nice 53% |
nice 64% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 120mm |
rainy 98mm |
dry 30mm |
dry 20mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 133mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 63% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 11% |
clear 6% |
clear 7% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 41% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 64% |
| Air quality |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 90** US AQI |
okay 90** US AQI |
okay 90** US AQI |
okay 90** US AQI |
okay 90** US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
okay 97 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 73 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,200 people | 600 people | 0 people | 800 people | 800 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people |
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