⭐️ Total score |
2.15/5 (Rank #882)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,095 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 13 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 20°C68°F (feels 21°C70°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 91%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 30 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 101 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
|
👩 Safe for women |
Good |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
13 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Nanyang is fast averaging 104 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~13 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (91%) = feels 21°C 70°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 30 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 102 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.40 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 140 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
☕️ Best coffee place | Nanyang Old Coffee |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | 1983 Cafe Nanyang |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,600,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air China |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
🏥 Best hospital | NTU Chinese Medicine Clinic |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,095 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $977 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,404 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $972 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $333 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $472 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $905 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $126,413 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $16 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $15 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $223 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,916 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ 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
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 6°C / 43°F cold | 5°C / 41°F cold | 12°C / 54°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 24°C / 75°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 24°C / 75°F warm | 17°C / 63°F cool | 10°C / 50°F cold | 8°C / 46°F cold |
Real (median) |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
5°C / 41°F
very cold |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
17°C / 62°F
cool |
24°C / 74°F
warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
29°C / 83°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
Humidity |
nice 53% |
nice 54% |
damp 73% |
nice 67% |
nice 68% |
nice 64% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 84% |
nice 78% |
nice 70% |
nice 53% |
nice 47% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 6mm |
dry 21mm |
dry 43mm |
rainy 61mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 66mm |
rainy 200mm |
rainy 173mm |
rainy 86mm |
rainy 59mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 7mm |
Cloud |
pockets 29% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 20% |
Air quality |
bad 188 US AQI |
bad 173 US AQI |
bad 151 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
okay 97 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
bad 115 US AQI |
bad 161 US AQI |
bad 179 US AQI |
Sun |
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