3.08/5
138 reviews
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Dahab

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Dahab offers a warm climate year-round and is known for its laid-back vibe, which appeals to a professional and travel-savvy expat crowd. It’s especially popular with those interested in scuba and free diving due to its beautiful coral reefs and sea life. Many visitors find the community atmosphere friendly and welcoming, and for some, it feels safe and worth returning to for an extended stay.

However, there are consistent drawbacks noted across multiple reviews. Internet quality is a significant issue; it tends to be unstable and slow, so having a 4G SIM card is considered essential. Supermarket prices are considered steep compared to local wages and general expectations. There are also complaints about unclean streets and an overall decline in affordability, with rental prices having increased notably. Reports vary on safety, especially regarding the experience of women, with some conflicting views.

Overall, Dahab may be a good temporary base for divers or digital nomads who can manage with inconsistent internet and are prepared for higher living costs. Staying connected and finding a suitable accommodation spot are key to having a good experience.

AI-generated summary of reviews
1 year ago

Dahab is a very chill place, if you are into scuba diving, free diving, or want to learn that is the place, cause of the beatiful sea life and corals reef.
People are very friendly, looks safe for women, lot of restaurants and cafes by the bay.
Internet is not so good, better find a place with some decent internet and also mandatory to have a 4G simcard as backup, because is not so stable. I stayed 1 month and would go back again.

3 years ago

Very underrated place. Internet is not the fastest, but with a vodafone simcard, it's more than enough.

4 years ago

Rental prices at the end of 2021 are nearly double then the years before. This means the value of money makes no more sense. A typical price for a one bedroom apt is now 8000 EGP. May be it will get down to normal when more places in the world are open again.

5 years ago

I have been all over Egypt, and def the worse internet is in Dahab. I really don't know how this statistics work. Data is about 8 mbps download and 4,5 upload. With wifi you will get the same, It also depends on your location around the village. In other areas in Egypt was much better,

5 years ago

Dahab is amazing! Thanks to being one of the few warm and open places during covid, there's a great professional expat crowd here right now. I love it and plan to extend my stay by a couple months.

6 years ago

Dahab became hard to live in, supermarkets are very expensive than the real costs of things. Rubbish everywhere in the streets. Every now and then we here a lot about not friendly to women acts. I dont recommend living in Dahab.

6 years ago

Dahab is a watersports heaven.
Home to the blue hole, the most legendary freediving spot worldwide

8 years ago

✅ Warm all year

✅ Friendly people

✅ Good for diving

✅ Affordable to live

✅ Fast internet

✅ Warm now

✅ Warm in the spring

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Very safe for women

✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse

❌ Expensive supermarket prices

❌ Poor internet

❌ Dirty streets

❌ Rising rent prices

❌ Some safety concerns for women

❌ Freedom of speech is weak

❌ No democracy

❌ Not safe at all

❌ Not much to do

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Very hot in the summer

❌ Nomads.com members didn't like going here

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ Difficult to do business

❌ Quality of education is low

❌ Hospitals are bad

❌ Roads can be dangerous

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Not family friendly

❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+

❌ Many people smoke tobacco

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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1,100 people

1,114 people

927 people

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1,050 people

800 people

1,114 people

771 people

1,250 people

1,860 people

1,575 people

1,400 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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Tel Aviv

Israel

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✈️38min

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Alexandria

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✈️43min

$1,399 / mo

5 Mbps

Lisbon

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☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 38

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101 Mbps

Dubai

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 45° 113° 38° 101° Has AC AQI 183 😷

✈️3h

$7,020 / mo

15 Mbps

London

United Kingdom

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💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58° AQI 62 😷

✈️5h

$8,144 / mo

23 Mbps

Bangkok

Thailand

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📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 39° 102° 30° 86° Has AC AQI 53 😷

✈️9h

$1,634 / mo

32 Mbps

Berlin

Germany

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 66° AQI 65 😷

✈️4h

$5,034 / mo

32 Mbps

Istanbul

Turkey

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 67° AQI 62 😷

✈️2h

$3,420 / mo

12 Mbps

Tbilisi

Georgia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 19° 66° 18° 65° AQI 40

✈️2h

$2,409 / mo

16 Mbps

Sofia

Bulgaria

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70° AQI 57 😷

✈️2h

$3,324 / mo

53 Mbps

Cape Town

South Africa

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

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🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64° AQI 62 😷

✈️10h

$3,692 / mo

9 Mbps

Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 60 😷

✈️4h

$6,424 / mo

39 Mbps

Hamburg

Germany

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 67° AQI 24

✈️5h

$5,151 / mo

27 Mbps

Amsterdam

Netherlands

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌫 Feels 19° 66° 19° 65° AQI 79 😷

✈️5h

$8,070 / mo

15 Mbps

Cairo

Egypt

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 29° 84° 28° 83° Has AC AQI 161 😷

✈️29min

$1,064 / mo

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Istanbul

Turkey

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 67° AQI 62 😷

✈️2h

$3,420 / mo

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Dubai

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⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 45° 113° 38° 101° Has AC AQI 183 😷

✈️3h

$7,020 / mo

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Budapest

Hungary

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 20° 68° 20° 69° AQI 57 😷

✈️3h

$3,612 / mo

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Berlin

Germany

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 19° 66° 19° 66° AQI 65 😷

✈️4h

$5,034 / mo

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Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 60 😷

✈️4h

$6,424 / mo

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Paris

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

Tap to open

🌧 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66° AQI 53 😷

✈️5h

$6,610 / mo

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Amsterdam

Netherlands

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

Tap to open

🌫 Feels 19° 66° 19° 65° AQI 79 😷

✈️5h

$8,070 / mo

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London

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58° AQI 62 😷

✈️5h

$8,144 / mo

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Lisbon

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 72° AQI 38

✈️6h

$4,783 / mo

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Chiang Mai

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 33° 91° 28° 82° Has AC AQI 20

✈️9h

$1,607 / mo

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Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 39° 102° 30° 86° Has AC AQI 53 😷

✈️9h

$1,634 / mo

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Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 42° 108° 31° 88° Has AC AQI 167 😷

✈️10h

$1,820 / mo

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Singapore

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 40° 104° 31° 89° Has AC AQI 146 😷

✈️11h

$5,517 / mo

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Mexico City

Mexico

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety bad

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 68° AQI 40

✈️17h

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1,800 remote workers in Dahab now, of which 2+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

🎒 Nomad Score™	3.08/5 (Rank #648) 138 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍5 liked it 👎3 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Okay
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
🤯 Overcrowding score	23% is nomad here
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $1,195 / mo
📡 Internet	😡 Slow: 23 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Bad
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 30°C86°F (feels 30°C86°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 37%
💨 Air quality (now)	😐 Moderate: 66 US AQI
👌 Safety	Very bad
👩 Safe for women	Good
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Bad
🤮 Food safety*	Bad
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Good
🤝 Lack of racism*	Okay
🎓 Education level*	Mediocre
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Resilience to climate change	Bad
💰 Income level*	Very poor: $257 / mo
🙊 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	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Okay
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Okay
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Okay
🎅 Startup Score	Bad

🌍 Continent	Middle East
🚩 Country	Egypt
🗓️ Average trip length	18 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	23 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ 30°C 86°F + 😊 Comfy (37%) = feels 30°C 86°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👍 66 US AQI 🍃 OK
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Careem
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 100 EGP in USD	USD 1.91
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	EGP 10,000 = USD 191
💳 Cashless	💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere
☕️ Best coffee place	Ralph's German Bakery
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
🦷 Fluoride added	🚫 No fluoride added
♻️ Return rate	👍14% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	8,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$3,086 / year
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 74% 👱‍♀️ 26%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Religious
🏠 Apartment listings	Esta Bena
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	AirEgypt
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	AirEgypt

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$1,195 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$772 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$1,231 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$352 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$522 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$1,452 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$191 / month
🏠 Median home price	$38,256
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$24 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$48 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$103 / month
🍛 Dinner	$4
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$0
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$2
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$2
👩‍🏫 International school	$956 / year
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$0 / trip

Dahab

1,800 remote workers in Dahab now, of which 2+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

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