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| ⭐️ Total score | 4 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 20°C 67°F + 😊 Comfy (43%) = feels 21°C 70°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 107 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 103 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.48 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 148 |
| 💸 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 | 2,100,000 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 | $3,481 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,790 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,229 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $923 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,241 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $7,615 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,176 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $58 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $250 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $191 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Too expensive
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ 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
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
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10° cold |
55
13° cool |
59
15° cool |
63
17° cool |
75
24° warm |
97
36° hot |
111
44° scorching |
118
48° scorching |
104
40° hot |
68
20° mild |
64
18° cool |
55
13° cool |
| Real |
50
10°
cold |
56
14°
cool |
59
15°
cool |
62
17°
cool |
75
24°
warm |
85
30°
very warm |
90
32°
hot |
90
32°
hot |
89
32°
hot |
66
19°
mild |
63
17°
cool |
55
13°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 64% |
damp 89% |
damp 92% |
damp 95% |
nice 91% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 72% |
nice 78% |
nice 66% |
nice 61% |
| Rain |
dry 27mm |
rainy 114mm |
rainy 145mm |
rainy 189mm |
rainy 282mm |
rainy 153mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 168mm |
dry 38mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 65mm |
dry 30mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 73% |
overcast 95% |
overcast 98% |
overcast 92% |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 85% |
cloudy 86% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 63% |
| Air quality |
bad 164 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 138 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 109 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 161 US AQI |
| Sun |
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avoid sun 6 UVI |
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