⭐️ Total score |
2.11/5 (Rank #983)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,302 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 2 Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C85°F (feels 36°C97°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 74%
|
👌 Safety |
Bad
|
👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Bad
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Okay
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Okay
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$49 / 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 |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Togo |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 30°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (74%) = feels 36°C 97°F
|
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 1,000 XOF in USD | USD 1.79 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | XOF 100,000 = USD 179 |
☕️ Best coffee place | Les Festival des Glaces |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Lome Business Center |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 840,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $585 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air France |
🏥 Best hospital | Clinique Biasa |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,302 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $862 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,781 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $509 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $650 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,689 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $234 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $66,015 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $55 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $72 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $7,179 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $18 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ No democracy
❌ Not very safe
❌ 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 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 (median) | 37°C / 99°F hot | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 37°C / 99°F hot | 40°C / 104°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 37°C / 99°F hot |
Real (median) |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
32°C / 89°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
Humidity |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 78% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 28mm |
dry 28mm |
rainy 58mm |
dry 8mm |
dry 15mm |
rainy 173mm |
rainy 104mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 128mm |
rainy 93mm |
dry 41mm |
dry 11mm |
Cloud |
pockets 25% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 28% |
Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people | 200 people |
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