| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.59/5 (Rank #1283)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $6,443 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 7 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 31°C88°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 76%
|
| 👌 Safety |
Good
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Good
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Great
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$489 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | Samoa |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (76%) = feels 31°C 88°F
|
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 WST in USD | USD 3.64 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | WST 1,000 = USD 364 |
| ☕️ 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 |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 40,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,873 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 75% 👱♀️ 25% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $6,443 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,351 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,474 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $992 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,846 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,316 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,233 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $150,860 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $133 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $142 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $192 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $47 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $2,181 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $19 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ 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
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ 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) |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3391° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3188° hot |
3290° hot |
3188° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
| Real (median) |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2883°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 185mm |
rainy 348mm |
rainy 201mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 146mm |
rainy 83mm |
rainy 149mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 113mm |
rainy 190mm |
rainy 172mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 42% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 32% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 70% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 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 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 1,000 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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