⭐️ Total score |
2.75/5 (Rank #255)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,378 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 1Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 35°C95°F (feels 32°C90°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 11%
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👌 Safety |
Bad
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🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Bad
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Good
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Very bad
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$576 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Good |
🚶 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 |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Botswana |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 35°C 95°F + 🌵 Too dry (11%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 100 BWP in USD | USD 7.32 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BWP 1,000 = USD 73 |
☕️ Best coffee place | News Cafe Gaborone |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Regus |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 230,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $6,917 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | South African Airways |
🏥 Best hospital | Bokamoso Private Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,378 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,166 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,694 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $484 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,930 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,841 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $248 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $90 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $60 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $131 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $10 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,565 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $11 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be 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 |
77
25° warm |
77
25° warm |
68
20° mild |
68
20° mild |
55
13° cool |
61
16° cool |
70
21° mild |
77
25° warm |
77
25° warm |
79
26° warm |
79
26° warm |
Real |
81
27°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
78
26°
warm |
68
20°
mild |
67
20°
mild |
55
13°
cool |
60
16°
cool |
69
21°
mild |
76
25°
warm |
78
26°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
81
27°
warm |
Humidity |
nice 33% |
nice 39% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 22% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 17% |
too dry 17% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 21% |
nice 31% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
rainy 94mm |
rainy 87mm |
dry 17mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 33mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 100mm |
Cloud |
pockets 36% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 15% |
clear 8% |
clear 6% |
clear 4% |
clear 1% |
clear 3% |
clear 5% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 33% |
Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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