⭐️ Total score |
2.51/5 (Rank #935)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,111 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 1Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Freezing
: -1°C29°F (feels -6°C21°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 40%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 59 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 83 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 7k ppl/km² (12x12m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
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👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
1 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Dalian is fast averaging 8 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~1 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ -1°C 29°F + 😊 Comfy (40%) = feels -6°C 21°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 59 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 83.25 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.47 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 147 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
📸 Visitors per year | 940,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 18,015 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,200,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 12x12m (144m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | China Southern |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,111 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,615 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,482 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $995 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $432 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,092 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $844 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $20 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $69 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $373 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Feels crowded
❌ 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
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
25
-4° freezing |
36
2° cold |
43
6° cold |
52
11° cool |
63
17° cool |
70
21° mild |
86
30° warm |
88
31° hot |
77
25° warm |
63
17° cool |
46
8° cold |
37
3° cold |
Real |
32
0°
freezing |
40
5°
very cold |
46
8°
cold |
54
12°
cool |
63
17°
cool |
70
21°
mild |
79
26°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
76
25°
warm |
63
17°
cool |
50
10°
cold |
43
6°
very cold |
Humidity |
nice 55% |
nice 58% |
nice 69% |
nice 57% |
nice 69% |
nice 87% |
nice 89% |
sweaty 79% |
nice 77% |
nice 64% |
nice 56% |
nice 50% |
Rain |
dry 18mm |
dry 14mm |
dry 25mm |
rainy 69mm |
dry 32mm |
rainy 95mm |
rainy 97mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 166mm |
rainy 54mm |
dry 50mm |
dry 4mm |
Cloud |
pockets 47% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 50% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 50% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 32% |
Air quality |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 79 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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