⭐️ Total score |
2.23/5 (Rank #792)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,168 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 4Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 13°C55°F (feels 13°C55°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 68%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 95 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 92 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Great
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 13 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
4 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Lanzhou is fast averaging 32 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~4 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 13°C 55°F + 😊 Comfy (68%) = feels 13°C 55°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 95 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 92 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Didi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.38 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 138 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,100,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
👫 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 | $1,168 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,064 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,416 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $690 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $498 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $541 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $23 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $132 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
👩🏫 International school | $6,905 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ 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 |
27
-3° freezing |
43
6° cold |
52
11° cool |
54
12° cool |
68
20° mild |
75
24° warm |
79
26° warm |
75
24° warm |
70
21° mild |
48
9° cold |
39
4° cold |
30
-1° freezing |
Real |
27
-3°
freezing |
42
6°
very cold |
52
11°
cool |
54
12°
cool |
67
20°
mild |
74
24°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
74
24°
warm |
69
21°
mild |
48
9°
cold |
39
4°
very cold |
30
-1°
freezing |
Humidity |
too dry 23% |
too dry 17% |
too dry 19% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 18% |
too dry 28% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 25% |
too dry 30% |
nice 34% |
too dry 21% |
too dry 23% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 3mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 15mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 28mm |
dry 39mm |
dry 45mm |
dry 14mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 9mm |
dry 1mm |
Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 13% |
pockets 24% |
Air quality |
bad 148 US AQI |
bad 140 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
bad 122 US AQI |
bad 111 US AQI |
okay 99 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 136 US AQI |
bad 159 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 400 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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