| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3/5 (Rank #930)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Okay |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,146 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 24°C76°F (feels 24°C75°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 75%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 62 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Good |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
| 🎓 Education level* |
Low |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$94 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Okay |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Rwanda |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 11 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 24°C 76°F + 😊 Comfy (75%) = feels 24°C 75°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 62 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10,000 RWF in USD | USD 6.77 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | RWF 100,000 = USD 68 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | The Office |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,124 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 76% 👱♀️ 24% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Living in Kigali |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Rwanda Air |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,146 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,282 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,748 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $785 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,189 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,143 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $666 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $103 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $70 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $160 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $9,510 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Friendly people
✅ Great coffee
✅ Clean air
✅ Good restaurants
✅ Easy to get around with moto taxis
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Food is bad
❌ Dull atmosphere
❌ Conservative culture
❌ Need a car or motorcycle
❌ Poor shopping selection
❌ Poor restaurant service
❌ Locals staring
❌ People asking for money
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2272° mild |
2373° mild |
2272° mild |
2170° mild |
2170° mild |
2272° mild |
2373° mild |
2373° mild |
2373° mild |
2272° mild |
2272° mild |
2170° mild |
| Real (median) |
2272°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2170°
mild |
2170°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2374°
warm |
2374°
warm |
2373°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2271°
mild |
2170°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 77% |
nice 78% |
nice 81% |
nice 85% |
nice 84% |
nice 71% |
nice 58% |
nice 59% |
nice 69% |
nice 75% |
nice 81% |
nice 82% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 85mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 115mm |
rainy 149mm |
rainy 92mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 27mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 125mm |
rainy 146mm |
rainy 101mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 75% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 83% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 933 people | 1,000 people | 700 people | 960 people | 800 people | 1,067 people | 900 people | 771 people | 771 people | 1,050 people | 800 people | 750 people |
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