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| ⭐️ Total score | 220 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 16 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps ⚠️ Internet in Suzhou is fast averaging 16 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~2 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 15°C 59°F + 💦 Damp (73%) = feels 16°C 61°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😷 178 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 81 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | China Unicom |
| 💸 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 coffee place | Kalerm Company |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Dio Coffee |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Pingjiangfu Suzhou |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | FullHome |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Singhealth Medical Clinic |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,614 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,025 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,849 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $528 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $494 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $96 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,603 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $75 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 971 listings) | $1,964 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $64 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ 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 | 457° cold | 457° cold | 5915° cool | 7021° mild | 7725° warm | 8831° hot | 10440° hot | 10842° scorching | 8831° hot | 7323° mild | 6820° mild | 5010° cold |
| Real | 468° cold | 468° cold | 5915° cool | 6921° mild | 7725° warm | 8228° very warm | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 8228° very warm | 7323° mild | 6720° mild | 5211° cool |
| Humidity | nice 69% | damp 72% | nice 65% | nice 68% | nice 55% | sweaty 71% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 75% | sweaty 74% | nice 66% | nice 63% | nice 69% |
| Rain | dry 22mm | rainy 50mm | dry 28mm | dry 22mm | dry 24mm | rainy 52mm | rainy 56mm | rainy 101mm | rainy 54mm | dry 7mm | dry 15mm | dry 39mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 84% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 80% | cloudy 53% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 78% | pockets 37% | pockets 25% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 57% | pockets 40% |
| Air quality | bad 130 US AQI | bad 121 US AQI | bad 123 US AQI | bad 115 US AQI | okay 97 US AQI | okay 84 US AQI | okay 73 US AQI | okay 65 US AQI | okay 78 US AQI | okay 91 US AQI | bad 112 US AQI | bad 136 US AQI |
| Sun | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 17✈️14h$4,390 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleI grew up in Chicago and still return fairly often. I love the character of the different neighborhoods, the variety of architectural styles, and as others have said, the food scene is incredible. It's easy to make friends in the suburbs, perhaps not so much in the city itself. I have never witnessed racial tension here, and have been pleasantly surprised by the interracial friendliness I have observed. There are a wonderful selection of forests and parks just about everywhere, and the museu
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