Arusha
Tanzania · UTC+3
The eight criteria
7 working hours shared with Western Europe.
1 with the US east coast.
Climatically workable months: January, February, June, July, August, September, October, December.
Arusha has no hand-written dossier: we measure neither its real speeds, nor its coworking spaces, nor its community on the ground. The figures above are computed — the label under each says where it comes from. What is certain: the entry right, the shared working hours and the season.
Where Arusha stands
68/100 — rank 626 of the 834 cities scored, and 81 of the 146 in Africa. A score on its own says nothing; its position explains it.
What carries it: Climat (80/100, rank 16), Coût de vie (92/100, rank 99). What holds it back: Qualité Internet (55/100, rank 696), Sécurité (58/100, rank 672).
The six closest profiles
Closeness is computed across all eight scores, not the overall one: two cities at 80 may have nothing in common — one expensive and safe, the other cheap and loud. It is the shape of the profile that matches.
- Dar es Salaam — Tanzania, 68/100
- Mbeya — Tanzania, 68/100
- Morogoro — Tanzania, 68/100
- Paje & the east coast — Tanzania, 69/100
- Serengeti National Park — Tanzania, 68/100
- Stone Town — Tanzania, 68/100
Arusha, beyond the score
What the score leaves out and the city file already knows: where to sleep, where to eat, what to see after work, when to come, how to get there.
The safari capital of Africa sits at 1,400m on the slopes of Mount Meru, equidistant between Cairo and Cape Town — a fact celebrated by the city's geographic centre monument. Gateway to the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Kilimanjaro, Tarangire, and Lake Manyara, Arusha is where the world's greatest wildlife experiences begin.
In the country
3rd (tied) of the 9 destinations scored in Tanzania.
The others: Zanzibar 71, Paje & the east coast 69, Dar es Salaam 68, Mbeya 68, Morogoro 68, Serengeti National Park 68, Stone Town 68, Nungwi & the Zanzibar beaches 67.
Where to sleep
- Gran Meliá Arusha
- Arusha Coffee Lodge
- Rivertrees Country Inn
Where to eat
- Onsea House Restaurant
- Fig & Olive
- Bay Leaf Restaurant
After work
Mount Kilimanjaro · Tarangire National Park
When to come
June–October for Great Migration and dry safari conditions. January–February for Serengeti calving season.
Getting there
Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), 46 km from the centre.
The nearest scored destinations
- Nairobi — Kenya, 79/100, 233 km as the crow flies
- Nairobi — Kenya, 78/100, 233 km as the crow flies
- Serengeti National Park — Tanzania, 68/100, 236 km as the crow flies
- Masai Mara — Kenya, 73/100, 281 km as the crow flies
- Mombasa — Kenya, 79/100, 339 km as the crow flies
Addresses, season and airport: the city file and the site’s airport index. Ranks and distances: computed across the 834 Nomad Score profiles.