| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.87/5 (Rank #820)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,139 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 93 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 11°C52°F (feels 10°C50°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 78%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 61 US AQI
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 101 US AQI
|
| 👌 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
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
|
| 🙊 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) |
93 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Nanyang is fast averaging 744 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~93 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 11°C 52°F + 💦 Damp (78%) = feels 10°C 50°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 61 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 102 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.46 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 146 |
| 💸 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 | $1,139 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,017 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,542 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,012 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $346 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $492 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $942 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $131,552 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $16 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $16 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $232 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $5,116 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ 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
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ 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) |
643° cold |
541° cold |
1254° cool |
1763° cool |
2475° warm |
3188° hot |
3493° hot |
3188° hot |
2475° warm |
1763° cool |
1050° cold |
846° cold |
| Real (median) |
643°
very cold |
541°
very cold |
1254°
cool |
1762°
cool |
2474°
warm |
2983°
very warm |
2983°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2475°
warm |
1763°
cool |
1050°
cold |
846°
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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avoid sun 6 UVI |
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| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people |
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