⭐️ Total score |
2.77/5 (Rank #170)
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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: $1,380 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 22°C72°F (feels 22°C72°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 37%
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👌 Safety |
Okay
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👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Okay
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Very bad
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$106 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Africa |
🚩 Country | Zambia |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 22°C 72°F + 😊 Comfy (37%) = feels 22°C 72°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 100 ZMW in USD | USD 4.34 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ZMW 10,000 = USD 434 |
☕️ Best coffee place | The Zambean Coffee Co |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | The Works at Latitude 15 Degrees |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,700,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,270 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | KLM |
🏥 Best hospital | Coptic Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,380 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $651 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,005 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $287 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,669 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,102 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $271 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $52,099 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $78 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $36 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $93 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | 0 |
👩🏫 International school | $31 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | 0 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | 0 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads are very 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) | 23°C / 73°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 21°C / 70°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 27°C / 81°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot |
Real (median) |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
20°C / 68°F
mild |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
Humidity |
nice 95% |
nice 96% |
nice 87% |
nice 65% |
nice 59% |
nice 57% |
nice 54% |
nice 38% |
nice 36% |
nice 40% |
nice 49% |
nice 56% |
Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
rainy 233mm |
rainy 234mm |
rainy 90mm |
dry 1mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 2mm |
dry 46mm |
rainy 90mm |
Cloud |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 12% |
clear 5% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 36% |
Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 11 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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