⭐️ Total score |
2.2/5 (Rank #703)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,454 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 2Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C83°F (feels 31°C88°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 71%
|
👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Bad
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Very low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Bad
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$41 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Sierra Leone |
🗓️ Average trip length | 29 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (71%) = feels 31°C 88°F
|
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100,000 SLL in USD | USD 4.77 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | SLL 10,000,000 = USD 477 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Gigibonta |
☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Gigibonta |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Impact Hub |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
📸 Visitors per year | 54,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 1,035 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 800,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $497 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 67% 👱♀️ 33% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Royal Air Maroc |
🏥 Best hospital | Choithram Memorial Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,454 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $760 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $812 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $232 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,838 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,811 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $223 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $86 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $59 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | 0 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $0 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | 0 |
👩🏫 International school | $0.00 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | 0 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | 0 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very dangerous
❌ 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 |
81
27° warm |
81
27° warm |
81
27° warm |
82
28° warm |
82
28° warm |
81
27° warm |
79
26° warm |
79
26° warm |
81
27° warm |
81
27° warm |
82
28° warm |
81
27° warm |
Real |
81
27°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
81
27°
warm |
79
26°
warm |
79
26°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
Humidity |
nice 38% |
nice 38% |
nice 38% |
nice 40% |
nice 40% |
nice 40% |
nice 43% |
nice 43% |
nice 42% |
nice 41% |
nice 39% |
nice 38% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain |
Rain |
dry 11mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 26mm |
rainy 167mm |
rainy 378mm |
rainy 648mm |
rainy 535mm |
rainy 429mm |
rainy 267mm |
rainy 128mm |
dry 32mm |
Cloud |
pockets 30% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 37% |
Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 267 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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