⭐️ Total score |
2.14/5 (Rank #889)
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,280 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 5 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 39°C102°F (feels 49°C120°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 46%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 35 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 103 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
|
👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ 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 |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 15x15m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Good |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Okay |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
5 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Zhengzhou is fast averaging 40 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~5 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 39°C 102°F + 😊 Comfy (46%) = feels 49°C 120°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 35 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 104 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 1.39 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 139 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 9,900,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | China Southern |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
🏥 Best hospital | First Affiliated University Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,280 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $642 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,467 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $419 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,190 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,030 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $242 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $209,118 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $56 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $34 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $141 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $4,876 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ 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 (median) | 6°C / 43°F cold | 13°C / 55°F cool | 15°C / 59°F cool | 20°C / 68°F mild | 27°C / 81°F warm | 36°C / 97°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 29°C / 84°F warm | 19°C / 66°F mild | 15°C / 59°F cool | 7°C / 45°F cold |
Real (median) |
7°C / 44°F
cold |
13°C / 55°F
cool |
15°C / 58°F
cool |
19°C / 66°F
mild |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
33°C / 91°F
hot |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
Humidity |
nice 32% |
nice 41% |
nice 61% |
nice 54% |
nice 43% |
nice 50% |
sweaty 73% |
sweaty 74% |
nice 78% |
nice 65% |
nice 46% |
nice 31% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 3mm |
dry 16mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 38mm |
dry 31mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 189mm |
rainy 151mm |
rainy 88mm |
dry 43mm |
dry 13mm |
dry 7mm |
Cloud |
pockets 27% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 43% |
pockets 37% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 47% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 48% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 20% |
Air quality |
bad 190 US AQI |
bad 172 US AQI |
bad 153 US AQI |
bad 143 US AQI |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 105 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
bad 102 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 159 US AQI |
bad 156 US AQI |
Sun |
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