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| ⭐️ Total score | 14 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 |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 2°C 35°F + 😊 Comfy (41%) = feels -2°C 28°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 97 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 72.75 US AQI |
| 🔌 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 coffee place | Stabucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 730,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 13,990 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 16x16m (256m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Shandong Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Qingdao Municipal Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,076 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,685 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,496 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $999 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,090 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,575 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $926 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $51 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $84 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $150 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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| Feels |
34
1° cold |
41
5° cold |
48
9° cold |
55
13° cool |
66
19° mild |
73
23° mild |
90
32° hot |
90
32° hot |
84
29° warm |
66
19° mild |
57
14° cool |
45
7° cold |
| Real |
39
4°
very cold |
44
7°
cold |
50
10°
cold |
57
14°
cool |
66
19°
mild |
73
23°
mild |
81
27°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
79
26°
warm |
66
19°
mild |
58
15°
cool |
48
9°
cold |
| Humidity |
nice 57% |
nice 63% |
nice 69% |
nice 69% |
nice 76% |
nice 88% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 79% |
nice 79% |
nice 62% |
nice 63% |
nice 52% |
| Rain |
dry 4mm |
dry 30mm |
dry 35mm |
rainy 61mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 63mm |
rainy 151mm |
rainy 152mm |
rainy 121mm |
rainy 51mm |
dry 33mm |
dry 3mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 37% |
pockets 36% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 80% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 59% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 29% |
| Air quality |
bad 122 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 85 US AQI |
okay 71 US AQI |
okay 75 US AQI |
okay 58 US AQI |
okay 70 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
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