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| ⭐️ Total score | 203 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 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 |
| ⏱ Average trip time | 6 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps ⚠️ Internet in Yiwu is fast averaging 16 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~2 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 17°C 63°F + 💦 Damp (85%) = feels 17°C 63°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 63 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 91 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | China Mobile |
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.57 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 157 |
| 💸 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 | 910,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 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 | $1,617 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $962 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,565 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $447 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $161 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $78 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,220 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $57 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (27 listings) | $2,371 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $78 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
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| Feels | 5010° cold | 5010° cold | 6317° cool | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 9133° hot | 10842° scorching | 11546° scorching | 8831° hot | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 5211° cool |
| Real | 5010° cold | 5010° cold | 6317° cool | 7323° mild | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 8630° very warm | 9133° hot | 8228° very warm | 7323° mild | 6619° mild | 5211° cool |
| Humidity | damp 82% | damp 87% | damp 78% | nice 84% | nice 74% | sweaty 93% | sweaty 95% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 77% | nice 78% | nice 76% | damp 76% |
| Rain | dry 34mm | rainy 55mm | rainy 70mm | rainy 61mm | rainy 61mm | rainy 107mm | rainy 109mm | rainy 81mm | dry 23mm | dry 15mm | dry 10mm | dry 47mm |
| Cloud | pockets 47% | cloudy 78% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 67% | pockets 45% | cloudy 79% | cloudy 84% | pockets 28% | pockets 22% | pockets 45% | pockets 43% | pockets 34% |
| Air quality | bad 120 US AQI | bad 118 US AQI | bad 126 US AQI | bad 111 US AQI | okay 98 US AQI | okay 82 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | okay 78 US AQI | okay 91 US AQI | bad 103 US AQI | bad 119 US AQI | bad 148 US AQI |
| Sun | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 41° 106° 31° 87°🥵AQI 2✈️6h$1,738 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleBerlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 1✈️13h$3,029 / mo🌇 Also went here7 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
