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| ⭐️ Total score | 211 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps ⚠️ Internet in Fuzhou is fast averaging 8 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~1 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (84%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 59 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 77 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | China Mobile |
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.57 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 157 |
| 💸 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 (overall) | 👨 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 | $1,414 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $943 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,610 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $746 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $380 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $78 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $870 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (274 listings) | $1,167 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $38 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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| Feels | 6116° cool | 6116° cool | 6820° mild | 8429° warm | 7725° warm | 9736° hot | 11848° scorching | 11546° scorching | 9736° hot | 8228° warm | 7524° warm | 6418° cool |
| Real | 6116° cool | 6116° cool | 6820° mild | 7926° warm | 7725° warm | 8429° very warm | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 8630° very warm | 7926° warm | 7424° warm | 6418° cool |
| Humidity | damp 75% | damp 78% | nice 75% | nice 78% | nice 76% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 75% | nice 69% | nice 68% | nice 73% |
| Rain | dry 8mm | dry 39mm | rainy 71mm | rainy 60mm | rainy 80mm | rainy 162mm | rainy 167mm | rainy 75mm | dry 28mm | dry 21mm | dry 5mm | dry 24mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 70% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 72% | overcast 92% | overcast 94% | cloudy 54% | pockets 28% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 56% | cloudy 57% |
| 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 | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 6 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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