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| ⭐️ Total score | 102 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
1 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Shenzhen is fast averaging 8 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~1 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 27°C 81°F + 🥵 Sweaty (88%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 74 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 106 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Luohu |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.39 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 139 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Archiposition |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍15% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 12,962,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 248,416 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 13,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 😤 crowded: 8x8m (64m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hong Kong Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
| 🏥 Best hospital | University of HK-Shenzhen |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,205 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,850 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,125 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,464 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $839 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,379 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,383 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $39 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $176 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $307 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Too expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
70
21° mild |
72
22° mild |
75
24° warm |
84
29° warm |
97
36° hot |
108
42° scorching |
111
44° scorching |
115
46° scorching |
111
44° scorching |
88
31° hot |
77
25° warm |
72
22° mild |
| Real |
69
21°
mild |
71
22°
mild |
74
24°
warm |
79
26°
warm |
85
30°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
90
32°
hot |
90
32°
hot |
90
32°
hot |
82
28°
very warm |
77
25°
warm |
71
22°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 67% |
nice 72% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 72% |
nice 69% |
nice 63% |
| Rain |
dry 3mm |
rainy 57mm |
dry 20mm |
dry 49mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 248mm |
rainy 141mm |
rainy 226mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 295mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 42mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 30% |
pockets 23% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 70% |
overcast 93% |
cloudy 78% |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 70% |
pockets 50% |
pockets 47% |
| Air quality |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 132 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
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Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee
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I've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
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A top city. Everything works, beautiful greenery (hehe), cycling everywhere, happy people, great nightlife... Lots to love about. For nomads? Not a chance. Price of housing is outrageous, and the city is expensive af. They charge you 4.5-5 eur for a capuccino, completely shameless. An hour of public transport is 3 euros. I could go on and on. I'd love to live there, but it's not worth it.
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How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.
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Lived there last September and October and am coming back later this year. Yes, it is expensive, but after a while I learned about affordable places to eat and realized I could choose neighborhoods farther from city center, and it would still be nice. City feels super safe, even at nigh! Internet is crazy fast (I got 500mb on my airbnb) there are tons to do and see and I did not encounter the super rude Parisians people talk so much about, mostly everyone spoke English and were very polite. Rent
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How did SF get scored #98 on Nomad score? I agree with most of the reviews posted here. I generally work from home, but we recently rented a small conference room for a meeting. It was $250 per hour.. (yes Per Hour... no typos here).
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I spent 4 months working here during summertime. It's one of the best summers I have ever had in my life. The city is just amazing and offers dozens of outdoor activities. There are so many different places such as parks, lakes, hills, mountains, beaches, etc. Also, you can feel the Californication vibe on every step. I lived in Hollywood and I would avoid this place at any cost. It's just too overrated and won't meet your expectations. Hollywood (esp. West Hollywood) is a big pile of dirtiness
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I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.
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