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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 236 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👍 Quality of life | |
| 👶 Family friendly | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🙊 English speaking | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBT friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Asia | |
| 🚩 Country | China | |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 5 days | |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps | |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌤 19°C 65°F + 💦 Humid (73%) + 💨 3km/h = feels like 19°C 66°F | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 164 US AQI equal to 🚬 🚬 / day | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 200 US AQI equal to 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day | |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |
| 🚕 Best taxi app | ||
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | ||
| 📱 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 | Nu Cafe | |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Dou Dou Cafe | |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Aoting Garden Hotel | |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return | |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,740,000 visitors | |
| 📸 Tourists now | 33,347 tourists | |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 14,000,000 people | |
| 😤 People density | 🤨 busy: 6,400 ppl/km² 13x13m (169m²) space per person | |
| 👫 Gender ratio | 👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% | |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Wimdu | |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan | |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China | |
| 🏥 Best hospital | ParkwayHealth China | |
😷 Air quality in Chengdu is very bad (164 US AQI) today: avoid exercising outdoors, close windows and try to stay inside, more info | ||
| no-beachairportmildmild nowdirty airbad air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livinglow crimehigh humiditymany menfriendly people | ||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,032 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $791 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,650 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $471 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $439 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $86 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $627 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $29 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | $1,254 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $41 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $2 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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🎒 Nomad 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌦 Feels 19° 66° 18° 65°AQI 28✈️16h$5,104 / mo🌇 Also went here19 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels like | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 6820° mild | 8831° hot | 8228° very warm | 9736° hot | 10038° hot | 10943° scorching | 8429° very warm | 7222° mild | 6418° cool | 5714° cool |
| Real temperature | 5211° cool | 5513° cool | 6619° mild | 8228° very warm | 7926° warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 9032° hot | 7926° warm | 7222° mild | 6418° cool | 5714° cool |
| Humidity | damp 73% | damp 73% | comfy 69% | sweaty 71% | comfy 71% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 76% | comfy 87% | comfy 80% | damp 82% | damp 74% |
| Rain | not rainy 5mm | not rainy 12mm | not rainy 19mm | not rainy 28mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 113mm | rainy 152mm | rainy 70mm | not rainy 44mm | not rainy 31mm | not rainy 12mm | not rainy 5mm |
| Cloud cover | cloudy 57% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 88% | overcast 95% | cloudy 90% | cloudy 63% |
| Air quality | bad 167 AQI | bad 158 AQI | bad 145 AQI | bad 130 AQI | bad 121 AQI | bad 101 AQI | bad 90 AQI | bad 101 AQI | bad 89 AQI | bad 106 AQI | bad 142 AQI | bad 160 AQI |
| UV Index | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 3 UVI |
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✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBT friendly
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Humid now
❌ Bad air quality year round
❌ Not many nomads go here
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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