⭐️ Total score |
2.29/5 (Rank #665)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,324 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 4Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 8°C46°F (feels 6°C43°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 80%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Good: 68 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 |
Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 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 |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
4 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Hohhot is fast averaging 32 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~4 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 8°C 46°F + 💦 Damp (80%) = feels 6°C 43°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 69 US AQI |
🔌 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 | 2,900,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
⛪️ 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 | $1,324 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $908 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,112 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $604 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $755 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,286 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $425 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $35 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $42 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $104 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ 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 |
12
-11° freezing |
27
-3° freezing |
43
6° cold |
45
7° cold |
64
18° cool |
73
23° mild |
75
24° warm |
70
21° mild |
63
17° cool |
43
6° cold |
28
-2° freezing |
21
-6° freezing |
Real |
16
-9°
freezing |
30
-1°
freezing |
44
7°
cold |
46
8°
cold |
63
17°
cool |
73
23°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
70
21°
mild |
63
17°
cool |
44
7°
cold |
30
-1°
freezing |
21
-6°
freezing |
Humidity |
too dry 20% |
too dry 19% |
too dry 21% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 14% |
too dry 17% |
nice 32% |
nice 30% |
too dry 29% |
too dry 20% |
too dry 25% |
too dry 20% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 1mm |
dry 7mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 28mm |
dry 29mm |
dry 40mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 59mm |
dry 45mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 12mm |
dry 3mm |
Cloud |
pockets 11% |
pockets 15% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 23% |
clear 9% |
clear 8% |
Air quality |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 100 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 57 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
bad 111 US AQI |
bad 129 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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