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| ⭐️ Total score | 3 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
1 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Dongguan is fast averaging 8 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~1 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 19°C 67°F + 😊 Comfy (85%) = feels 20°C 68°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 59 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 102.25 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 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 | 8,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 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 | $1,939 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,451 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,231 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,209 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $716 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $910 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $846 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $34 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $30 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $137 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $7 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $5 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ 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 |
70
21° mild |
75
24° warm |
82
28° warm |
86
30° warm |
113
45° scorching |
113
45° scorching |
115
46° scorching |
117
47° scorching |
111
44° scorching |
86
30° warm |
77
25° warm |
70
21° mild |
| Real |
68
20°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
79
26°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
90
32°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
90
32°
hot |
90
32°
hot |
81
27°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
70
21°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 52% |
nice 61% |
nice 72% |
sweaty 72% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 87% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 73% |
nice 58% |
nice 65% |
| Rain |
dry 3mm |
rainy 62mm |
dry 35mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 173mm |
rainy 260mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 235mm |
rainy 109mm |
rainy 220mm |
dry 7mm |
rainy 53mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 36% |
pockets 28% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 77% |
overcast 95% |
cloudy 76% |
overcast 91% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 45% |
| Air quality |
bad 158 US AQI |
bad 154 US AQI |
bad 128 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 119 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
okay 97 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 131 US AQI |
bad 137 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
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