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Dar es Salaam

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The city offers a mix of attractive features and practical challenges. The international neighborhoods are considered quite safe, and the internet speed is generally reliable, making it viable for remote work if you have good AC. The cost of living is relatively low, especially if you can secure a long-term rental, which is typically more affordable than short-term platforms like Airbnb.

Weather is consistently warm year-round, but summers can become uncomfortably hot and humid, with temperatures over 30°C and high humidity that makes air conditioning essential. Despite the tropical appeal, the rainy season presents a challenge for air quality, as open windows can let in significant pollution residue. Housing availability is good in quantity, but renting long-term can be difficult due to landlords who prefer cash payments and often resist remote deals.

Overall, it's a lively place with beach access and party options, but remote workers or long-term visitors should prepare for challenging weather and accommodation logistics.

AI-generated summary of reviews

In summer season, temperature will 31°C, feels like 36 or more, humidity is 90% even at 28°C. Nearly impossible to to work without a good AC. In rainy season, temperature drops under 30 and air quality becomes just terrible, leaving a window open will leave your floor black. Lots of places to rent, but very hard to close a long term rent deal due to landlords unwilling to close a deal remotely (cash only). Long term rentals are much more affordable than airbnb.

2 years ago

Great city, great weather, many parties, many different beaches, quite safe in the international neighborhoods, not too expensive and decent internet

4 years ago

✅ Warm all year

✅ Very affordable

✅ Fast internet

✅ Very safe

✅ Affordable to live

✅ Warm now

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Freedom of speech

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

❌ High humidity

❌ Poor air quality in rainy season

❌ Hard to secure long term rentals remotely

❌ Not very democratic

❌ Not very safe

❌ Unusably slow internet

❌ Not much to do

❌ Very sweaty and humid now

❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here

❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here

❌ Feels crowded

❌ Difficult to do business

❌ Quality of education is low

❌ Hospitals are not that great

❌ Roads are very dangerous

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Not safe for women

❌ Not family friendly

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Marijuana is illegal

Jan

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May

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Jul

Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Feels (median)

33°C / 91°F hot

34°C / 93°F hot

33°C / 91°F hot

30°C / 86°F warm

29°C / 84°F warm

28°C / 82°F warm

29°C / 84°F warm

30°C / 86°F warm

32°C / 90°F hot

33°C / 91°F hot

Real (median)

29°C / 83°F
very warm

29°C / 84°F
very warm

28°C / 82°F
very warm

27°C / 81°F
warm

27°C / 80°F
warm

26°C / 79°F
warm

27°C / 80°F
warm

27°C / 81°F
warm

29°C / 83°F
very warm

Humidity

sweaty
80%

sweaty
79%

sweaty
77%

sweaty
87%

sweaty
77%

sweaty
75%

sweaty
74%

nice
75%

sweaty
76%

sweaty
77%

sweaty
81%

Most common

Rain

rainy
62mm

rainy
69mm

rainy
81mm

rainy
257mm

dry
46mm

dry
29mm

dry
23mm

dry
17mm

dry
22mm

dry
19mm

dry
41mm

rainy
126mm

Cloud

pockets
38%

pockets
30%

pockets
43%

pockets
33%

pockets
22%

pockets
21%

pockets
24%

pockets
27%

pockets
24%

pockets
31%

Sun

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
9 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
9 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

Remote workers

314 people

533 people

300 people

200 people

400 people

225 people

314 people

250 people

300 people

267 people

257 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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⭐️ Total score	0.5/5 (Rank #1371) 79 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍1 liked it 👎1 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Bad
👶 Family score	Bad
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $1,426 / mo
📡 Internet	🤬 Unusably slow: 1Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Bad
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 28°C82°F (feels 32°C90°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	🥵 Sweaty: 78%
👌 Safety	🧨 Conflict / political instability*
🤮 Food safety*	Okay
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	🧨 Conflict / political instability*
🤝 Lack of racism*	Bad
🎓 Education level*	Low
⚡️ Power grid	Bad
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Good
💰 Income level*	Very low: $73 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Bad
😤 People density	🧘‍♀️ Low density: 8k ppl/km² (1 per 12x12m)
🚶 Walkability	Okay
🚦 Traffic safety*	Bad
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Bad
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Bad
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Okay
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Okay
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Good
👩 Female friendly	Bad
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly	Bad
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Africa
🚩 Country	Tanzania
🗓️ Average trip length	11 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	1 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌦 28°C 82°F + 🥵 Sweaty (78%) = feels 32°C 90°F
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Taxify
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 10,000 TZS in USD	USD 3.76
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	TZS 1,000,000 = USD 376
💳 Cashless	💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners)
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	👍14% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	4,400,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$881 / year
😤 Population density	🤨 busy: 12x12m (144m²) per person
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 47% 👱‍♀️ 53%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 50% 👱‍♀️ 50%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 74% 👱‍♀️ 26%
⛪️ Religious government	Religious
🏠 Apartment listings	Zoom
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	Kenya
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Emirates

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$1,426 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$1,008 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,389 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$683 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,008 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$1,454 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$619 / month
🏠 Median home price	$67,733
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$47 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$48 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$175 / month
🍛 Dinner	$2
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$0
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$1
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$2
👩‍🏫 International school	$6,303 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$0 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$5 / trip