| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.79/5 (Rank #950)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,420 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 10 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 6°C43°F (feels 5°C41°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🌵 Too dry: 18%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😥 Medium: 60%
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 85 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Great
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Okay |
| 🌈 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 |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 2 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
10 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Xining is fast averaging 80 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~10 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 6°C 43°F + 🌵 Too dry (18%) = feels 5°C 41°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 85 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 | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 850,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 53% 👱♀️ 47% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| ⛪️ 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 | $1,420 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,022 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,931 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $837 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $643 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,010 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $577 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $160,056 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $30 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $33 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $152 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Very dry air 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) |
-523° freezing |
0° freezing |
643° cold |
541° cold |
1559° cool |
1355° cool |
2068° mild |
1864° cool |
1050° cold |
745° cold |
0° freezing |
-425° freezing |
| Real (median) |
-523°
freezing |
032°
freezing |
643°
very cold |
541°
very cold |
1558°
cool |
1355°
cool |
2068°
mild |
1864°
cool |
1050°
cold |
745°
cold |
032°
freezing |
-426°
freezing |
| Humidity |
too dry 27% |
too dry 25% |
nice 34% |
nice 53% |
nice 45% |
nice 66% |
nice 61% |
nice 68% |
nice 68% |
nice 66% |
nice 40% |
nice 35% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
dry 6mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 50mm |
dry 47mm |
rainy 80mm |
rainy 82mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 89mm |
dry 34mm |
dry 5mm |
dry 3mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 17% |
pockets 25% |
pockets 26% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 29% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 12% |
pockets 18% |
| Air quality |
bad 153 US AQI |
bad 138 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 107 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 88 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
okay 83 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 141 US AQI |
bad 160 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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