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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 52 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) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Resilience 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 | 22 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 21°C 70°F + 😊 Comfy (79%) = feels 21°C 70°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 59 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 61 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | eThekwini Ward 24 |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | eThekwini Ward 32 |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 ZAR in USD | USD 6.25 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZAR 1,000 = USD 62 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Umhlanga Ridge |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍12% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 830,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 15,907 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,105 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 17x17m (289m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 47% 👱♀️ 53% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 76% 👱♀️ 24% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Takealot |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | GumTree |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Kulula |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,608 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,701 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,553 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $729 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,272 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,386 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $469 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $93,771 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $60 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $111 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $219 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $8 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $7,470 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic 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 safe at all
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2984° warm |
3086° warm |
2984° warm |
2475° warm |
2272° mild |
2272° mild |
2170° mild |
2170° mild |
2170° mild |
2170° mild |
2373° mild |
2577° warm |
| Real (median) |
2679°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2679°
warm |
2475°
warm |
2272°
mild |
2271°
mild |
2169°
mild |
2068°
mild |
2170°
mild |
2170°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2577°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 83% |
sweaty 81% |
nice 80% |
nice 78% |
nice 72% |
nice 67% |
nice 63% |
nice 72% |
nice 76% |
nice 78% |
nice 80% |
nice 83% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 93mm |
rainy 105mm |
rainy 89mm |
dry 41mm |
dry 30mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 43mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 105mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 102mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 78% |
| Air quality |
clean 37 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
| Remote workers | 857 people | 1,050 people | 867 people | 840 people | 800 people | 600 people | 840 people | 900 people | 600 people | 600 people | 900 people | 867 people |
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