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| ⭐️ Total score | 205 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps ⚠️ Internet in Zhongshan is fast averaging 16 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~2 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌤 26°C 80°F + 😊 Comfy (71%) = feels 28°C 82°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 80 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 95 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | China Mobile |
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.56 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 156 |
| 💸 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 | 2,400,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 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 | $1,243 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $831 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,298 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $657 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $320 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $78 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $635 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (109 listings) | $1,074 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $35 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $5 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ 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 | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 11345° scorching | 11546° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10842° scorching | 9334° hot | 8228° warm | 7222° mild |
| Real | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 9032° hot | 8630° very warm | 8127° warm | 7222° mild |
| Humidity | nice 68% | nice 77% | nice 79% | sweaty 82% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 83% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 73% | nice 66% | nice 57% | nice 64% |
| Rain | dry 4mm | dry 42mm | rainy 65mm | rainy 90mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 101mm | rainy 126mm | rainy 200mm | rainy 61mm | dry 35mm | dry 1mm | dry 6mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 64% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 81% | overcast 95% | cloudy 71% | pockets 33% | pockets 32% | pockets 28% | cloudy 57% |
| Air quality | bad 128 US AQI | bad 107 US AQI | bad 103 US AQI | okay 87 US AQI | okay 73 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 65 US AQI | okay 95 US AQI | bad 106 US AQI | bad 130 US AQI | bad 123 US AQI |
| Sun | 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 | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 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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