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| ⭐️ Total score | 64 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Africa |
| 🚩 Country | Namibia |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 4 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 30°C 87°F + 😊 Comfy (31%) = feels 29°C 84°F
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| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 100 NAD in USD | USD 5.36 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | NAD 10,000 = USD 536 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Joy of Food Windhoek |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 7% of visitors return |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 330,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $4,415 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 73% 👱♀️ 27% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Namibia |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Namibia |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Rhino Park Private Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,095 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,051 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,889 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $540 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,531 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,330 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $338 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $72 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $44 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $221 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $9 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $3,630 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $11 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Simple and quiet city
✅ Enjoyable for short stays
✅ Relatively close to fantastic destinations
✅ Nice restaurants and massage places around Hilton Hotel
✅ Safe feeling on the Hilton rooftop terrace
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Unusable internet
❌ Limited nightlife
❌ Aggressiveness felt on weekends
❌ Deathly quiet on weekends
❌ Not very safe
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
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| Feels |
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23° mild |
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21° mild |
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19° mild |
66
19° mild |
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22° mild |
73
23° mild |
75
24° warm |
77
25° warm |
77
25° warm |
| Real |
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| Humidity |
nice 38% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 17% |
too dry 14% |
too dry 11% |
too dry 8% |
too dry 8% |
too dry 8% |
too dry 11% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 135mm |
dry 42mm |
rainy 62mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 0mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 4mm |
dry 5mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 19% |
clear 9% |
clear 6% |
clear 4% |
clear 5% |
clear 9% |
clear 4% |
pockets 10% |
pockets 15% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 12 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
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avoid sun 13 UVI |
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