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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 195 reviews |
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| 📶 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 | |
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| 🌍 Region | Asia | |
| 🚩 Country | China | |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 5 days | |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps | |
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌤 12°C 53°F + 💦 Humid (79%) + 💨 3km/h = Feels like 12°C 54°F | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 176 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 1.46 | |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: CNY 1,000 | USD 146 | |
| 💸 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 | |
| 👨👩👧👦 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 (176 US AQI) today: avoid exercising outdoors, close windows and try to stay inside, more info | ||
| no-beachairportcoldcold nowdirty airbad air qualityslow internetcheap cost of livinglow crimehigh humiditymany menfriendly people | ||
| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,012 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $763 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,697 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $485 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $452 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $89 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $646 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $30 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | $1,088 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $36 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $2 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
Based on Chengdu's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
 | Lead UI UX Designer @ Packet Fabric |
 | User Experience Designer @ ORCID |
I lived and worked (at a law firm) in Chengdu for about 3 months. I absolutely loved the city! It's
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✅ Very safe
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBT friendly
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very 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
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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