Africa
Gambia
Capital Banjul · 2M people · Dalasi
- Top cities
- 1.3MSerekunda
- 214KBrikama
- 37KBanjul
- 34KNema Kunku
- 33KFarafenni
Photo by The Gambia on Unsplash
- ClimateWarm14–36°
Top cities
- Serekunda1.3M residents
- Brikama214K residents
- Banjul37K residents
- Nema Kunku34K residents
- Farafenni33K residents
Source: GeoNames
Airports in Gambia
Banjul International Airport is Gambia's busiest gateway.
1 major airport. Tap any to see its nearest cities and how far they are.
Good to know — passenger volume is total throughput, not direct-route breadth; a large hub can still lack flights to your region. Learn how we measure this →
Passport strength in Gambia
Gambia's passport ranks #64 worldwide — 68 destinations visa-free.
This is the passport you’d gain by naturalizing here — a long-horizon payoff measured in years of residency, not a signal for the move itself.
- Mobility
- #6468 destinations
- GDP reach
- #1574.0% of world GDP
- Heritage
- #118196 of 1,353 UNESCO sites
Good to know — a mobility rank counts how many destinations you can enter, not how useful they are; a strong passport can still gate the one place you care about. Learn how we measure this →
Climate in Gambia
Warm summers, gentle winters.
Where most people in the Gambia live, it's typically 14° to 36° feels-like across the year; sun is plentiful, up to ~293 days a year in Serekunda.
Feels-like °C — where most people live, vs the city-to-city spread
Good to know— a country isn't one climate but a range; the extremes here are different cities, not the same place across seasons. Learn how we measure this →
Who thrives in Gambia
A handful of lifestyles thrive in Gambia.
Fit is scored per lifestyle and anchored to the cities that serve each best — Winter Escapist leads. Pick one to see exactly where it works.
Great fit
Poor fit
Good to know — fit is by city, not country; a lifestyle that thrives here may only do so in one or two of its cities. Learn how we measure this →