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| ⭐️ Total score | 1 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food 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* | |
| 😄 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) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Kunshan is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 16°C 61°F + 😊 Comfy (38%) = feels 17°C 63°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 165 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 77 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 1.41 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 141 |
| 💸 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 | 750,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 50% 👱♀️ 50% |
| 👫 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 | $2,470 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,668 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,628 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,322 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,862 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,720 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,089 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $87 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $56 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $303 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ 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
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
46
8° cold |
54
12° cool |
55
13° cool |
66
19° mild |
77
25° warm |
95
35° hot |
111
44° scorching |
108
42° scorching |
95
35° hot |
70
21° mild |
64
18° cool |
55
13° cool |
| Real |
48
9°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
57
14°
cool |
66
19°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
84
29°
very warm |
90
32°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
84
29°
very warm |
70
21°
mild |
64
18°
cool |
55
13°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 67% |
damp 75% |
damp 81% |
nice 68% |
nice 73% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 82% |
nice 74% |
nice 65% |
nice 57% |
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| Rain |
dry 18mm |
dry 49mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 142mm |
rainy 152mm |
rainy 356mm |
rainy 170mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 77mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 5mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 81% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 89% |
overcast 92% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 69% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 28% |
| Air quality |
bad 109 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 76 US AQI |
okay 63 US AQI |
okay 68 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
bad 117 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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