🏆 Nomad Score™ | 3.66/5 |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,276 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 2Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 19°C66°F |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Perfect: 61% |
💨 Air quality (now) | ☠️ Stay inside : 128 µg/m3 |
👌 Safety | Great |
👍 Quality of life | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare | Good |
😄 Happiness | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating | Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🙊 English speaking | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Bad |
🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | Bad |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBT friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
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🌍 Region | Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚩 Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⏱ Average trip duration | 12 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛅️ Weather | ☀️ 19°C 66°F + 💦 Not humid (61%) + 💨 5km/h = Feels like 20°C 68°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 128 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎 99 µg/m3 equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
📱 Best wireless carrier | China Mobile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: CNY 1,000 | USD 142 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
♻️ Return rate | 0% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👨👩👧👦 Population | 4,600,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
👫 Gender ratio | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
🏠 Apartment listings | Ganji | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | China Southern Airlines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
😷 Air quality in Changzhou is very bad (128 µg/m³) today: avoid exercising outdoors, close windows and try to stay inside, more info | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
outdoorsfoodcultureno-beachairportmildmild nowdirty airbad air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livinglow crimehigh humiditymany menfriendly people |
💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,276 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $945 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,746 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $785 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $455 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $71 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $774 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $36 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (1 listings) | $1,268 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $42 / night |
🍝 Dinner | $1 |
🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $5 |
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✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
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✅ Easy to do business
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✅ People can speak basic English
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✅ LGBT friendly
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❌ Hospitals are pretty bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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