⭐️ Total score | 2.56/5 (Rank #859) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Bad |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $2,293 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🤬 Unusably slow: 0.00Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Nice: 19°C65°F (feels 19°C66°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 90% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 Unhealthy : 163 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 😐 Moderate: 77 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Bad |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid | Great |
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | Good |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $677 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (15x15m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* | Good |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 19°C 65°F + 😊 Comfy (90%) = feels 19°C 66°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 163 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 77 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.48 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 148 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Ganji |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | China Southern Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,293 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,707 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $9,447 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $2,699 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $878 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,103 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,670 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $41 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $36 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $112 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 5714° cool | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 9133° hot | 10440° hot | 11345° scorching | 11848° scorching | 11345° scorching | 7725° warm | 6820° mild | 6116° cool |
Real | 5714° cool | 6619° mild | 6820° mild | 7222° mild | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 7725° warm | 6820° mild | 6116° cool |
Humidity | damp 73% | nice 78% | nice 82% | nice 79% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 82% | nice 85% | nice 81% | damp 75% |
Rain | dry 13mm | rainy 87mm | rainy 63mm | rainy 68mm | rainy 248mm | rainy 200mm | rainy 106mm | rainy 431mm | rainy 96mm | rainy 111mm | rainy 92mm | rainy 53mm |
Cloud | cloudy 58% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 86% | overcast 96% | overcast 96% | cloudy 85% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 72% |
Air quality | bad 102 US AQI | okay 100 US AQI | okay 99 US AQI | bad 108 US AQI | okay 86 US AQI | okay 79 US AQI | okay 75 US AQI | okay 75 US AQI | okay 73 US AQI | okay 84 US AQI | okay 83 US AQI | okay 96 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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