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| ⭐️ Overall score | 207 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps ⚠️ Internet in Shantou is fast averaging 16 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~2 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (73%) = feels 36°C 97°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 63 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 77 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | ZTE |
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.55 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 155 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Jinguan Hotel |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Regency Grand Hotel |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | GreenTree Alliance Hotel |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $851 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $565 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $940 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $268 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $232 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $109 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $533 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $25 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (81 listings) | $1,133 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $37 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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| Feels | 7021° mild | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 8228° warm | 8831° hot | 10239° hot | 10641° scorching | 10440° hot | 10038° hot | 8630° warm | 7524° warm | 7021° mild |
| Real | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 7926° warm | 8127° warm | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8831° hot | 8228° very warm | 7524° warm | 6820° mild |
| Humidity | nice 69% | nice 73% | nice 74% | nice 77% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 73% | nice 67% | nice 64% | nice 68% |
| Rain | dry 11mm | dry 15mm | rainy 54mm | dry 48mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 173mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 114mm | dry 42mm | dry 8mm | dry 1mm | dry 27mm |
| Cloud | pockets 49% | cloudy 60% | cloudy 59% | pockets 38% | cloudy 76% | overcast 90% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 62% | pockets 18% | pockets 16% | pockets 24% | pockets 47% |
| Air quality | okay 93 US AQI | okay 96 US AQI | okay 95 US AQI | okay 91 US AQI | okay 80 US AQI | okay 59 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 77 US AQI | okay 88 US AQI | okay 87 US AQI | okay 96 US AQI |
| Sun | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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