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55 reviews
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Lagos

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traffic

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Not the Lagos in Portugal!

If your idea of a digital nomad paradise is Houston, Texas - lots of highways but even more traffic, strip malls/clubs, oil and gas, cowboy attitude - but you need 50 times the chaos, you might like Lagos. It's culturally interesting and the local food is delicious, but it's stuffy and hot, traffic is bad, lots of power cuts, no cafe/coworking scene (Nigerian tech scene is decently sized, but unfortunately full of grinders who work at home for peanuts), expensive for anything foreign, quite dangerous outside a few select neighborhoods, poor dating scene - thanks but no thanks. Small parts of Lagos are a playground for the uber-wealthy to drink expensive liquor and flash cash, the rest is an exercise in masochism.

2 years ago

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm all year round

✅ Easy to make friends

✅ Freedom of speech

✅ Very safe for women

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse

❌ Not very democratic

❌ Expensive

❌ Not safe at all

❌ Pretty slow internet

❌ Not much to do

❌ Very sweaty and humid now

❌ Feels crowded

❌ Difficult to do business

❌ Quality of education is low

❌ Roads are very dangerous

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Not family friendly

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Marijuana is illegal

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Feels (median)

3493°
hot

38100°
hot

3595°
hot

38100°
hot

3595°
hot

3391°
hot

3290°
hot

3391°
hot

3595°
hot

3799°
hot

Real (median)

2984°
very warm

3086°
very warm

2984°
very warm

3086°
very warm

2984°
very warm

2882°
very warm

2781°
warm

2882°
very warm

2984°
very warm

3086°
very warm

Humidity

sweaty
80%

sweaty
82%

sweaty
84%

sweaty
85%

sweaty
86%

sweaty
87%

sweaty
88%

sweaty
89%

sweaty
87%

sweaty
84%

sweaty
80%

Most common

☔️ Rain

☀️ Clear

Rain

dry
44mm

dry
39mm

rainy
52mm

dry
14mm

dry
25mm

rainy
175mm

rainy
225mm

rainy
154mm

rainy
226mm

rainy
167mm

rainy
81mm

dry
24mm

Cloud

pockets
39%

cloudy
52%

cloudy
75%

cloudy
77%

cloudy
83%

cloudy
84%

cloudy
83%

cloudy
85%

cloudy
76%

cloudy
53%

pockets
38%

Air quality

okay
83 US AQI

okay
82 US AQI

okay
83 US AQI

Sun

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

seek shade
6 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

Remote workers

840 people

750 people

600 people

750 people

600 people

1,440 people

1,800 people

600 people

873 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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United Kingdom

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💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

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👮 Safety mediocre

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👍 Liked very bad

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👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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Paris

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👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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London

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💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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Amsterdam

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📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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Berlin

Germany

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📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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✈️7h

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Dubai

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📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

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New York City, NY

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💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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Los Angeles, CA

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💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety bad

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San Francisco, CA

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63° AQI 29

✈️17h

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Tokyo

Japan

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 😡 Slow

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 76° AQI 30

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1,800 remote workers in Lagos now, of which 3+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

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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.

🎒 Nomad Score™	3.28/5 (Rank #342) 55 reviews
👍 Quality of life score	Bad
👶 Family score	Bad
🎒 Community score	Okay
🤯 Overcrowding score	0% is nomad here
💵 Cost	🙂 Okay: $2,668 / mo
📡 Internet	😡 Slow: 5 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 35°C95°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	🥵 Sweaty: 85%
❄️ % of buildings with AC	🥵 Very low: 6%
💨 Air quality (now)	😐 Moderate: 82 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	😐 Moderate: 83 US AQI
👌 Safety	Bad
👩 Safe for women	Great
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Bad
🤮 Food safety*	Okay
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Bad
🎓 Education level*	Low
⚡️ Power grid	Very bad
🌊 Resilience to climate change	Great
💰 Income level*	Very poor: $102 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Okay
😤 People density	😤 Dense: 18k ppl/km² (1 per 7x7m)
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Okay
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Good
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Bad
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Good
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Africa
🚩 Country	Nigeria
🗓️ Average trip length	8 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	5 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌥 29°C 84°F + 🥵 Sweaty (85%) = feels 35°C 95°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👎😷 82 US AQI = 🚬 / day
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👎😷 83 US AQI = 🚬 / day
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay	Lagos Island
🚕 Best taxi app*	Uber
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 10,000 NGN in USD	USD 7.51
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	NGN 100,000 = USD 75
💳 Cashless	💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners)
💻 Best coworking space	CcHub
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
🦷 Fluoride added	🚫 No fluoride added
♻️ Return rate	👍18% of visitors return
📸 Visitors per year	710,000 visitors
📸 Tourists now	13,607 tourists
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	13,000,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$1,224 / year
😤 Population density	😤 crowded: 7x7m (49m²) per person
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 48% 👱‍♀️ 52%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 52% 👱‍♀️ 48%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 82% 👱‍♀️ 18%
⛪️ Religious government	Religious
🏠 Apartment listings	Airbnb
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	Dana
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Emirates

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$2,668 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$2,144 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,955 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$844 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,104 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$5,344 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$713 / month
🏠 Median home price	$67,565
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$52 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$175 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$185 / month
🍛 Dinner	$4
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$0
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$1
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$3
👩‍🏫 International school	$19,704 / year
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$3 / trip

Lagos

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