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| ⭐️ Overall score | 208 reviews |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps ⚠️ Internet in Guiyang is fast averaging 16 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~2 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 17°C 62°F + 💦 Damp (92%) = feels 18°C 64°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 55 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 85 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | China Mobile |
| 💸 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 | 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 | $1,006 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $620 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,901 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $543 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $218 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $78 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $636 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (193 listings) | $854 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $28 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $1 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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| Feels | 457° cold | 489° cold | 5714° cool | 7222° mild | 6820° mild | 7524° warm | 7524° warm | 8831° hot | 7323° mild | 6418° cool | 5714° cool | 5010° cold |
| Real | 468° cold | 4910° cold | 5714° cool | 7222° mild | 6619° mild | 7424° warm | 7524° warm | 8127° warm | 7323° mild | 6418° cool | 5714° cool | 5010° cold |
| Humidity | damp 79% | damp 73% | damp 71% | nice 80% | nice 93% | nice 98% | nice 97% | sweaty 82% | nice 83% | nice 90% | damp 80% | damp 75% |
| Rain | dry 21mm | dry 12mm | dry 36mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 99mm | rainy 237mm | rainy 110mm | dry 39mm | dry 34mm | rainy 56mm | dry 20mm | dry 10mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 79% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 84% | overcast 90% | overcast 95% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 86% | overcast 97% | cloudy 85% |
| 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 | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI |
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