⭐️ Total score |
3.24/5 (Rank #449)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,008 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 0.00Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 25°C77°F (feels 25°C77°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 83%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 21 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 84 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 8k ppl/km² (11x11m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
🏥 Healthcare* |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
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👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 25°C 77°F + 😊 Comfy (83%) = feels 25°C 77°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 21 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 84.75 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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📱 Best wireless carrier | China Mobile |
💸 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 coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 3,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 11x11m (121m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
👫 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 | $1,008 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $620 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,815 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $519 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $209 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $74 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $663 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $31 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 184 listings) | $928 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $30 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $1 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Feels crowded
❌ 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
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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Feels |
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11° cool |
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14° cool |
59
15° cool |
72
22° mild |
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25° warm |
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30° warm |
77
25° warm |
77
25° warm |
59
15° cool |
52
11° cool |
46
8° cold |
Real |
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mild |
77
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77
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77
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59
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52
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48
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Humidity |
damp 75% |
damp 88% |
damp 86% |
damp 95% |
nice 94% |
nice 94% |
nice 90% |
nice 91% |
nice 85% |
damp 90% |
damp 84% |
damp 74% |
Rain |
dry 46mm |
rainy 72mm |
rainy 50mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 183mm |
rainy 228mm |
rainy 185mm |
rainy 187mm |
rainy 101mm |
rainy 102mm |
rainy 61mm |
dry 39mm |
Cloud |
overcast 96% |
overcast 90% |
overcast 90% |
overcast 99% |
overcast 94% |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 85% |
overcast 92% |
cloudy 58% |
overcast 96% |
overcast 96% |
overcast 97% |
Air quality |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 125 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
okay 99 US AQI |
okay 72 US AQI |
okay 66 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
Sun |
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