⭐️ Total score |
2.27/5 (Rank #573)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,486 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 5°C40°F (feels 4°C39°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 21%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 92 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 |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 7k ppl/km² (1 per 12x12m)
|
🚶 Walkability |
Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Good |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Okay |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 4 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Xi An is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 5°C 40°F + 🌵 Too dry (21%) = feels 4°C 39°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 92 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Didi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 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 coffee place | Lavazza Cafe Espresso |
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Hilton Hotel Cafeteria |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 4,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 12x12m (144m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 79% 👱♀️ 21% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | apartmentsxian |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air China |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Malasya Airlines |
🏥 Best hospital | Gaoxin Hospital |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,486 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,026 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,726 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $779 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,165 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $952 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $799 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $55 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $31 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $232 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $0 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ 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
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels |
43
6° cold |
52
11° cool |
61
16° cool |
63
17° cool |
77
25° warm |
81
27° warm |
82
28° warm |
81
27° warm |
75
24° warm |
59
15° cool |
52
11° cool |
45
7° cold |
Real |
43
6°
very cold |
52
11°
cool |
60
16°
cool |
63
17°
cool |
77
25°
warm |
84
29°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
82
28°
very warm |
75
24°
warm |
59
15°
cool |
52
11°
cool |
45
7°
cold |
Humidity |
too dry 16% |
too dry 16% |
too dry 28% |
nice 31% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 24% |
nice 32% |
nice 33% |
nice 42% |
nice 37% |
too dry 26% |
too dry 22% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 24mm |
dry 20mm |
rainy 55mm |
dry 44mm |
dry 45mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 137mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 77mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 7mm |
Cloud |
pockets 37% |
pockets 23% |
pockets 43% |
cloudy 55% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 54% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 24% |
pockets 28% |
Air quality |
bad 201 US AQI |
bad 177 US AQI |
bad 144 US AQI |
bad 123 US AQI |
bad 109 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 92 US AQI |
bad 122 US AQI |
bad 162 US AQI |
bad 173 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 267 people | 0 people | 200 people | 267 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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