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Nomad List| 🏆 Nomad Score™ | 210 reviews |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🌍 Region | Asia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚩 Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 12 days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛅️ Weather | 🌥 27°C 81°F + 💦 Humid (86%) + 💨 5km/h = Feels like 32°C 90°F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 90 US AQI equal to 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 154 US AQI equal to 🚬 🚬 / day | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚕 Best taxi app | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | China Unicom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: CNY 1,000 | USD 144 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💸 Tipping | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 💻 Best coworking space | Archiposition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ♻️ Return rate | 16% of visitors return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📸 Visitors per year | 12,962,000 visitors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 📸 Tourists now | 248,416 tourists | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 7,000,000 people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 😤 People density | 😤 crowded: 17,150 ppl/km² 8x8m (64m²) space per person | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 👫 Gender ratio | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hong Kong Airlines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 🏥 Best hospital | University of HK-Shenzhen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 💵 Nomad Cost™ | $1,666 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,157 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,886 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $824 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $642 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $288 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $602 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $28 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (1,001 listings) | $1,338 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $44 / night |
| 🍝 Dinner | $4 |
| 🍹 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
Based on Shenzhen's cost of living, here's selected remote jobs that would cover your costs:
 | Lead UI UX Designer @ Packet Fabric |
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✅ Very safe
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Many nomads have been
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very humid now
❌ Bad air quality usually
❌ Not many nomads right now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Hostile towards LGBT
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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