⭐️ Total score |
2.61/5 (Rank #851)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😝 Cheap: $917 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 12°C53°F (feels 12°C54°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 23%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 147 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 118 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ 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
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
😄 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 |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Taiyuan is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 12°C 53°F + 🌵 Too dry (23%) = feels 12°C 54°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 147 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 118 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 1.40 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 140 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,600,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
👫 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 | $917 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $529 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,515 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $433 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $369 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $560 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $181 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $17 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $18 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $124 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,215 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air 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
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
32
0° freezing |
41
5° cold |
54
12° cool |
63
17° cool |
77
25° warm |
82
28° warm |
91
33° hot |
86
30° warm |
73
23° mild |
57
14° cool |
45
7° cold |
37
3° cold |
Real |
35
2°
very cold |
43
6°
cold |
53
12°
cool |
61
16°
cool |
76
25°
warm |
81
27°
very warm |
85
30°
very warm |
81
27°
warm |
74
23°
warm |
56
14°
cool |
46
8°
cold |
37
3°
very cold |
Humidity |
nice 42% |
nice 41% |
nice 48% |
nice 49% |
nice 36% |
nice 56% |
nice 68% |
sweaty 71% |
nice 71% |
nice 69% |
nice 48% |
nice 38% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 1mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 39mm |
rainy 56mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 54mm |
rainy 110mm |
rainy 184mm |
dry 17mm |
dry 1mm |
Cloud |
pockets 14% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 73% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 68% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 67% |
pockets 14% |
pockets 16% |
Air quality |
bad 167 US AQI |
bad 158 US AQI |
bad 142 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
bad 134 US AQI |
bad 153 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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