⭐️ Total score | 2.9/5 (Rank #930) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,867 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 28Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 24°C76°F (feels 24°C75°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 83% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 57 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 64 US AQI |
👌 Safety | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Great |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Low: $2,048 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Bad |
🚶 Walkability | Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Healthcare* | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Great |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Taiwan |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 28 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 24°C 76°F + 😊 Comfy (83%) = feels 24°C 75°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 57 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 64 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 100 TWD in USD | USD 3.36 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | TWD 10,000 = USD 336 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 130,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $24,577 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | PCHome |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Far Eastern |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Mandarin |
🏥 Best hospital | Kinmen Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,867 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,318 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,886 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $825 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $673 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $202 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,122 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $53 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 268 listings) | $2,086 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $68 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 5714° cool | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 7222° mild | 9032° hot | 9736° hot | 10239° hot | 10239° hot | 10038° hot | 8831° hot | 7222° mild | 6317° cool |
Real | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 6418° cool | 7222° mild | 8127° warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7222° mild | 6418° cool |
Humidity | damp 72% | nice 79% | nice 85% | nice 82% | sweaty 92% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 87% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 75% | nice 72% | nice 73% |
Rain | dry 2mm | dry 38mm | dry 35mm | dry 48mm | rainy 117mm | rainy 134mm | rainy 83mm | rainy 221mm | rainy 67mm | dry 47mm | dry 16mm | dry 37mm |
Cloud | pockets 27% | pockets 26% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 82% | overcast 94% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 84% | pockets 41% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 57% | pockets 47% |
Air quality | okay 88 US AQI | okay 86 US AQI | okay 95 US AQI | okay 86 US AQI | okay 72 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | okay 55 US AQI | okay 64 US AQI | okay 77 US AQI | okay 76 US AQI | okay 85 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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