⭐️ Total score |
1.92/5 (Rank #1255)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,182 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Freezing
: -2°C28°F (feels -5°C23°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 40%
|
💨 Air quality (now) |
😷 Unhealthy : 154 US AQI
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 109 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 |
🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Bad |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Bad |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Okay |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Anshan is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ -2°C 28°F + 😊 Comfy (40%) = feels -5°C 23°F
|
💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 154 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 110 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 | Starbucks |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,600,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 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 |
🏥 Best hospital | First Hospital of China Medical University Anshan |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,182 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $6,463 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $13,173 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $3,764 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $390 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $4,166 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $18 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $104 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $2 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $12,778 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $2 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ 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 |
18
-8° freezing |
0° freezing |
45
7° cold |
52
11° cool |
68
20° mild |
75
24° warm |
81
27° warm |
77
25° warm |
70
21° mild |
55
13° cool |
34
1° cold |
25
-4° freezing |
Real |
19
-8°
freezing |
32
0°
freezing |
45
7°
cold |
52
11°
cool |
67
20°
mild |
75
24°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
77
25°
warm |
70
21°
mild |
55
13°
cool |
36
2°
very cold |
28
-3°
freezing |
Humidity |
too dry 25% |
too dry 27% |
too dry 24% |
too dry 17% |
too dry 26% |
nice 33% |
nice 41% |
nice 42% |
nice 39% |
nice 34% |
nice 40% |
too dry 24% |
Most common | ||||||||||||
Rain |
dry 6mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 17mm |
dry 41mm |
rainy 55mm |
rainy 93mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 154mm |
rainy 55mm |
dry 41mm |
dry 29mm |
dry 1mm |
Cloud |
pockets 18% |
clear 6% |
pockets 20% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 27% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 35% |
pockets 21% |
pockets 15% |
clear 6% |
Air quality |
bad 172 US AQI |
bad 160 US AQI |
bad 149 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 108 US AQI |
bad 124 US AQI |
bad 131 US AQI |
bad 136 US AQI |
Sun |
safe 1 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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