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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 | |
| 👮♀️ 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 |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps ⚠️ Internet in Zhongshan is fast averaging 8 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~1 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 25°C 77°F + 😊 Comfy (87%) = feels 25°C 77°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 114 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 94.5 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.47 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 147 |
| 💸 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 (population) | 👨 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 | $1,673 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,456 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,884 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,395 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $757 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $616 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,144 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $35 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $20 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $99 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ 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 | 7021° mild | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 8630° warm | 10943° scorching | 10842° scorching | 11546° scorching | 10842° scorching | 11144° scorching | 8630° warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild |
| Real | 6820° mild | 7524° warm | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 9032° hot | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 7021° mild |
| Humidity | nice 58% | nice 71% | nice 78% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 80% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 79% | sweaty 78% | nice 63% | nice 71% |
| Rain | dry 3mm | rainy 63mm | dry 28mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 79mm | rainy 198mm | rainy 172mm | rainy 227mm | rainy 87mm | rainy 300mm | dry 7mm | rainy 56mm |
| Cloud | pockets 39% | pockets 24% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 73% | cloudy 74% | overcast 94% | cloudy 75% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 55% | pockets 40% |
| 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 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 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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