⭐️ Total score |
2.07/5 (Rank #1038)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,009 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 86Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 26°C80°F (feels 29°C84°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 81%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 38 US AQI
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 103 US AQI
|
👌 Safety |
Great
|
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
|
🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
86 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Changsha is fast averaging 688 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~86 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 26°C 80°F + 😊 Comfy (81%) = feels 29°C 84°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 103 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.37 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 137 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,100,000 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 | $3,009 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,418 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,456 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $702 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,173 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $7,050 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,014 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $164,478 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $55 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $231 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $177 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $5,483 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
46
8° cold |
46
8° cold |
57
14° cool |
63
17° cool |
73
23° mild |
90
32° hot |
102
39° hot |
104
40° hot |
88
31° hot |
66
19° mild |
59
15° cool |
52
11° cool |
Real |
46
8°
cold |
46
8°
cold |
56
14°
cool |
63
17°
cool |
73
23°
mild |
82
28°
very warm |
87
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
66
19°
mild |
59
15°
cool |
51
11°
cool |
Humidity |
nice 64% |
damp 89% |
damp 92% |
damp 95% |
nice 91% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 79% |
sweaty 89% |
sweaty 72% |
nice 78% |
nice 66% |
nice 61% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 27mm |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 163mm |
rainy 209mm |
rainy 279mm |
rainy 153mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 156mm |
dry 37mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 71mm |
dry 29mm |
Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 32% |
Air quality |
bad 164 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 138 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 109 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 84 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 152 US AQI |
bad 161 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
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