⭐️ Total score |
2.13/5 (Rank #914)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,730 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 33°C92°F (feels 35°C95°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 42%
|
👌 Safety |
Good
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Good
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Okay
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$25 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ 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 | Malawi |
🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 33°C 92°F + 😊 Comfy (42%) = feels 35°C 95°F
|
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10,000 MWK in USD | USD 5.78 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MWK 1,000,000 = USD 578 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Lark Cafe |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | The Works at Latitude 13 Degrees |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 670,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $294 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 70% 👱♀️ 30% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
🏥 Best hospital | Medical Aid Society of Malawi Clinic |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,730 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $782 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,404 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $401 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,256 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,475 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $295 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $106 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $48 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $102 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $1,387 / year |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ 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 |
77
25° warm |
77
25° warm |
73
23° mild |
73
23° mild |
72
22° mild |
70
21° mild |
70
21° mild |
72
22° mild |
77
25° warm |
79
26° warm |
81
27° warm |
82
28° warm |
Real |
77
25°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
73
23°
mild |
73
23°
mild |
72
22°
mild |
69
21°
mild |
69
21°
mild |
72
22°
mild |
76
25°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
85
30°
very warm |
85
30°
very warm |
Humidity |
nice 42% |
nice 42% |
nice 44% |
nice 40% |
nice 32% |
nice 31% |
too dry 30% |
too dry 25% |
too dry 25% |
too dry 25% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 24% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
rainy 241mm |
rainy 186mm |
rainy 120mm |
dry 18mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 12mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 18% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 11% |
pockets 19% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 33% |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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