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| ⭐️ Total score | 7 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 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 length | 3 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
83 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Haikou is fast averaging 664 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~83 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (84%) = feels 35°C 95°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 34 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 61 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.38 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 138 |
| 💸 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 | 830,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $1,224 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $706 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,870 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $534 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $819 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $860 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $294 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $276,803 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $38 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $122 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $27,680 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $1 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 19°C / 66°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 40°C / 104°F hot | 40°C / 104°F hot | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 42°C / 108°F scorching | 35°C / 95°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 24°C / 75°F warm | 21°C / 70°F mild |
| Real (median) |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 79% |
nice 80% |
nice 81% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 89% |
nice 79% |
nice 82% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 13mm |
dry 46mm |
dry 24mm |
rainy 81mm |
dry 39mm |
rainy 146mm |
rainy 123mm |
rainy 213mm |
rainy 129mm |
rainy 168mm |
dry 45mm |
dry 41mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 30% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 36% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 39% |
cloudy 51% |
| Air quality |
okay 79 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 70 US AQI |
okay 69 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 61 US AQI |
okay 74 US AQI |
okay 81 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
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 |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 400 people |
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