⭐️ Total score |
2.42/5 (Rank #355)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,343 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 4Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Nice: 18°C65°F (feels 18°C64°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 70%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 114 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 91 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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🤮 Food 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* |
Okay |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 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 Changzhou is fast averaging 32 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~4 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 18°C 65°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 18°C 64°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 114 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 91 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 | 1,100,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 67% 👱♀️ 33% |
⛪️ 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 | $1,343 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $806 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,359 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $674 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $825 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $563 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $380 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $39 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $18 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $105 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $19,589 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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Feels |
45
7° cold |
54
12° cool |
55
13° cool |
64
18° cool |
75
24° warm |
82
28° warm |
91
33° hot |
88
31° hot |
84
29° warm |
70
21° mild |
63
17° cool |
54
12° cool |
Real |
47
9°
cold |
54
12°
cool |
56
14°
cool |
64
18°
cool |
75
24°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
70
21°
mild |
62
17°
cool |
53
12°
cool |
Humidity |
nice 31% |
nice 36% |
nice 38% |
nice 36% |
nice 39% |
nice 42% |
nice 46% |
nice 47% |
nice 44% |
nice 38% |
nice 32% |
too dry 25% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 25mm |
dry 40mm |
rainy 79mm |
dry 40mm |
rainy 127mm |
rainy 88mm |
rainy 206mm |
rainy 152mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 62mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 3mm |
Cloud |
pockets 30% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 39% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 21% |
Air quality |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 134 US AQI |
bad 137 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 100 US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 99 US AQI |
bad 128 US AQI |
bad 148 US AQI |
Sun |
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