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| ⭐️ Total score | 2 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* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 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 |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
2 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Haikou is fast averaging 16 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~2 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 27°C 80°F + 🥵 Sweaty (88%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 19 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 60.5 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.47 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 147 |
| 💸 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 | 830,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $1,610 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,079 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,144 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $898 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $873 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $915 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $592 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $30 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $130 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
70
21° mild |
73
23° mild |
88
31° hot |
95
35° hot |
120
49° scorching |
117
47° scorching |
115
46° scorching |
115
46° scorching |
108
42° scorching |
91
33° hot |
77
25° warm |
72
22° mild |
| Real |
68
20°
mild |
73
23°
mild |
81
27°
warm |
84
29°
very warm |
93
34°
hot |
92
34°
hot |
91
33°
hot |
90
32°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
82
28°
very warm |
77
25°
warm |
72
22°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 79% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 89% |
nice 79% |
nice 82% |
| Rain |
dry 13mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 25mm |
rainy 86mm |
dry 39mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 188mm |
rainy 130mm |
rainy 424mm |
dry 40mm |
rainy 62mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 46% |
pockets 32% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 64% |
cloudy 60% |
overcast 90% |
cloudy 77% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 87% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 81% |
| Air quality |
okay 79 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 70 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
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