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| ⭐️ Total score | 18 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* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 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 |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps ⚠️ Internet in Xi An is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 9°C 48°F + 🌵 Too dry (28%) = feels 8°C 46°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 194 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 92 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 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 coffee place | Lavazza Cafe Espresso |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Hilton Hotel Cafeteria |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 4,500,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 12x12m (144m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 71% 👱♀️ 29% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | apartmentsxian |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air China |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Malasya Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Gaoxin Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,365 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,064 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,818 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $805 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $705 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $979 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $822 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $33 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $32 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $239 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $0 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ 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
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 468° cold | 5714° cool | 6317° cool | 6418° cool | 8228° warm | 9535° hot | 10239° hot | 9334° hot | 7725° warm | 6418° cool | 5513° cool | 489° cold |
| Real | 468° cold | 5614° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 8228° very warm | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8630° very warm | 7625° warm | 6317° cool | 5513° cool | 489° cold |
| Humidity | nice 31% | nice 32% | nice 56% | nice 62% | nice 47% | nice 48% | nice 64% | nice 66% | nice 84% | damp 73% | nice 52% | nice 44% |
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| Rain | dry 4mm | dry 28mm | dry 21mm | rainy 62mm | dry 45mm | dry 45mm | rainy 78mm | rainy 142mm | rainy 269mm | rainy 72mm | dry 20mm | dry 7mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 62% | pockets 37% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 87% | pockets 41% | pockets 47% |
| Air quality | bad 201 US AQI | bad 177 US AQI | bad 144 US AQI | bad 123 US AQI | bad 109 US AQI | okay 92 US AQI | okay 83 US AQI | okay 86 US AQI | okay 92 US AQI | bad 122 US AQI | bad 162 US AQI | bad 173 US AQI |
| Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 300 people | 0 people | 200 people | 400 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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