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What it costs to live in Namibia

Here's what a month actually costs a solo remote worker in Namibia's main nomad base — Windhoek — covering rent, food, transport and everyday spending. Read it alongside the income your visa requires and the tax you'll owe.

Indicative figures. Aggregated, crowd-sourced estimates (mainly Numbeo) shown as ranges — not official statistics and not a personal budget. They vary by neighbourhood, season and lifestyle. Use them to orient, then confirm current prices locally.
City Comfortable solo budget / month 1-bed rent (centre) Meal Transit pass
Windhoek €950–€1,400 ~€484 ~€10 ~€42
Windhoek — what the figures mean +

Windhoek is an affordable base for a solo digital nomad. Crowd-sourced Numbeo data (May 2026) puts a 1-bedroom apartment in the city centre at about €484/month and €337/month outside the centre, with an inexpensive restaurant meal around €10, basic utilities (85 m2 apartment) around €121/month, and a monthly public-transport pass around €42 — though formal public transport is limited and most residents rely on shared taxis or a car. Numbeo estimates a single person's monthly costs (excluding rent) at about €621. Combining rent and living costs gives a comfortable solo monthly budget of roughly €950–€1,400, the lower end with cheaper out-of-centre housing and modest spending, the upper end with central housing plus a coworking membership and more leisure/dining. A coworking hot-desk day works out to roughly €7 on a longer commitment (Spaces lists individual-office desks at about N$130/day and an all-access plan even lower; a single drop-in day pass is far pricier at around N$550). All figures are crowd-sourced or list-price estimates and should be treated as indicative, not exact.

What a comfortable budget covers

The "comfortable solo budget" above assumes a mid-range lifestyle. Roughly, it folds in:

  • 🏠A one-bedroom flat (the single biggest line, and the one that swings most by neighbourhood)
  • 🍽️Groceries plus eating out a few times a week
  • 🚇Local transport — a transit pass, the odd taxi
  • 📶Mobile data and home internet
  • 💻A coworking pass or regular café work
  • 🎒A buffer for leisure, fitness and weekend trips

Budget-minded nomads (a room or outside-centre flat, cooking at home, public transport) land near the bottom of each range; a central flat with frequent dining out and travel pushes toward the top — or past it. Health insurance for your visa and any income tax sit on top of these figures.

Cost of living in Namibia: FAQ

Cost of living in Namibia: FAQ

Is Namibia affordable for digital nomads?

On these aggregated figures, a comfortable solo month in Windhoek runs roughly €950–€1,400 including central rent, food, local transport and everyday spending. Where Namibia sits versus other destinations is easiest to see on the cost-of-living index, which compares every city we cover side by side.

What is not included in these budgets?

The ranges cover ongoing monthly living costs. They exclude one-off and irregular costs: flights, the visa application fee, a rental deposit (often one to a few months' rent), furnishing an unfurnished flat, health insurance for the visa, and any income tax you owe. Short-term and furnished rentals — what most nomads actually book — also tend to cost more than the long-lease rent figures shown here.

Does my visa income cover the cost of living?

The DNV sets a minimum income around €1,720/month. Comparing that to the comfortable-budget range above tells you how much headroom you'd have — but remember the income figure is a qualifying threshold, not a recommended budget, and tax can reduce your take-home. See the taxes page for Namibia.

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