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| ⭐️ Total score | 6 reviews |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 👌 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 |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 4°C 40°F + 🌵 Too dry (19%) = feels 4°C 39°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 155 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 85.25 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 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 | 850,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 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 | $1,565 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,052 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,006 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $859 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $943 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,028 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $587 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $44 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $34 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $155 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ 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 | 30-1° freezing | 436° cold | 5412° cool | 5714° cool | 6820° mild | 7021° mild | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 5010° cold | 394° cold | 0° freezing |
| Real | 30-1° freezing | 436° very cold | 5412° cool | 5714° cool | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7725° warm | 7021° mild | 6619° mild | 5010° cold | 394° very cold | 320° freezing |
| Humidity | too dry 27% | too dry 25% | nice 34% | nice 53% | nice 45% | nice 66% | nice 61% | nice 68% | nice 68% | nice 66% | nice 40% | nice 35% |
| Rain | dry 3mm | dry 6mm | dry 11mm | rainy 51mm | dry 47mm | rainy 80mm | rainy 82mm | rainy 60mm | rainy 89mm | dry 34mm | dry 5mm | dry 3mm |
| Cloud | pockets 34% | pockets 49% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 81% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 69% | pockets 24% | pockets 35% |
| Air quality | bad 153 US AQI | bad 138 US AQI | bad 121 US AQI | bad 120 US AQI | bad 107 US AQI | okay 83 US AQI | okay 88 US AQI | okay 77 US AQI | okay 83 US AQI | okay 95 US AQI | bad 141 US AQI | bad 160 US AQI |
| Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI |
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