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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 1 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* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 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 |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 9 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 23°C 74°F + 🌵 Too dry (27%) = feels 23°C 73°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 99 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 81 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 6.21 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZAR 1,000 = USD 62 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 12.50% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Bread & Roses |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Perch |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $5,105 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Takealot |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | La Mudi |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Advanced Soweto Day Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,064 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,235 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,023 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $578 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $934 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,846 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $323 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $52,806 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $44 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $61 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $154 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $9 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $5,654 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $5 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $3 / trip |
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ (Medical) marijuana MAY be legal, unenforced or decriminalized (always double check this)
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ High alcohol consumption
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
2475° warm |
2272° mild |
2272° mild |
2373° mild |
1966° mild |
1763° cool |
1559° cool |
2068° mild |
2373° mild |
2170° mild |
2679° warm |
2475° warm |
| Real (median) |
2475°
warm |
2272°
mild |
2272°
mild |
2373°
mild |
1965°
mild |
1661°
cool |
1558°
cool |
2067°
mild |
2373°
mild |
2170°
mild |
2678°
warm |
2474°
warm |
| Humidity |
nice 71% |
nice 67% |
nice 57% |
nice 50% |
nice 46% |
nice 47% |
nice 41% |
nice 38% |
nice 35% |
nice 45% |
nice 51% |
nice 64% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 138mm |
rainy 137mm |
dry 32mm |
dry 27mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 8mm |
rainy 70mm |
rainy 64mm |
rainy 141mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 12% |
clear 6% |
pockets 12% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 67% |
| Air quality |
okay 75 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 85 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 62 US AQI |
okay 66 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 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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