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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 28 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 👩 Safe for women | |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 😤 People density | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
8 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Qingdao is fast averaging 64 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~8 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 7°C 44°F + 💦 Damp (81%) = feels 7°C 45°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎😷 85 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 73 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 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 | Stabucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍15% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 730,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 13,990 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 16x16m (256m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 76% 👱♀️ 24% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Sublet |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Shandong Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Qingdao Municipal Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,505 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,071 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,405 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $401 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $758 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,532 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $332 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $305,699 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $83 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $147 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ 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 not that great
❌ 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) |
134° cold |
337° cold |
643° cold |
1152° cool |
1661° cool |
2068° mild |
2577° warm |
3188° hot |
2475° warm |
1864° cool |
1355° cool |
846° cold |
| Real (median) |
439°
very cold |
541°
very cold |
846°
cold |
1254°
cool |
1661°
cool |
2067°
mild |
2577°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2475°
warm |
1864°
cool |
1457°
cool |
948°
cold |
| Humidity |
nice 57% |
nice 63% |
nice 69% |
nice 69% |
damp 76% |
nice 88% |
nice 89% |
sweaty 79% |
nice 79% |
nice 62% |
nice 63% |
nice 52% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 4mm |
dry 26mm |
dry 31mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 44mm |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 156mm |
rainy 159mm |
rainy 87mm |
dry 48mm |
dry 37mm |
dry 1mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 23% |
pockets 22% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 42% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 19% |
| Air quality |
bad 122 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
okay 86 US AQI |
okay 85 US AQI |
okay 71 US AQI |
okay 75 US AQI |
okay 58 US AQI |
okay 70 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 0 people | 800 people | 750 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 800 people | 600 people | 600 people | 1,500 people | 600 people |
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