⭐️ Total score |
2.22/5 (Rank #824)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,635 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 4Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 27°C81°F (feels 29°C84°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 67%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 93 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 87 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
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 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 |
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 |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
4 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Nanning is fast averaging 32 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~4 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 27°C 81°F + 😊 Comfy (67%) = feels 29°C 84°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 93 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 87 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 coworking space | Regus |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,800,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
👫 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 | $1,635 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,253 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,313 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $661 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $706 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,467 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $443 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $33 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $81 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $105 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $13,837 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ 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 |
64
18° cool |
75
24° warm |
73
23° mild |
77
25° warm |
88
31° hot |
90
32° hot |
93
34° hot |
93
34° hot |
90
32° hot |
75
24° warm |
70
21° mild |
70
21° mild |
Real |
63
17°
cool |
74
24°
warm |
73
23°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
88
31°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
90
32°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
75
24°
warm |
70
21°
mild |
67
20°
mild |
Humidity |
nice 32% |
nice 33% |
nice 38% |
nice 42% |
nice 39% |
nice 41% |
nice 39% |
nice 42% |
nice 40% |
nice 37% |
nice 36% |
nice 33% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 4mm |
dry 49mm |
rainy 52mm |
rainy 105mm |
rainy 156mm |
rainy 284mm |
rainy 175mm |
rainy 248mm |
rainy 157mm |
rainy 74mm |
dry 36mm |
dry 3mm |
Cloud |
pockets 47% |
pockets 37% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 39% |
Air quality |
bad 111 US AQI |
bad 109 US AQI |
okay 94 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 60 US AQI |
okay 70 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 96 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
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