⭐️ Total score |
2.33/5 (Rank #501)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎1 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,938 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 7Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C85°F (feels 34°C93°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 80%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 63 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
😷 Unhealthy for some: 106 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 Education level* |
Mediocre |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$677 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
😤 People density |
😤 Dense: 17k ppl/km² (1 per 8x8m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Bad |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Okay |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Good |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 8 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
7 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Shenzhen is fast averaging 56 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~7 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 85°F + 🥵 Sweaty (80%) = feels 34°C 93°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 63 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 106 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Luohu |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.39 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 139 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
💻 Best coworking space | Archiposition |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 12,962,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 248,416 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 13,000,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
😤 Population density | 😤 crowded: 8x8m (64m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 89% 👱♀️ 11% |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hong Kong Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Emirates |
🏥 Best hospital | University of HK-Shenzhen |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,938 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,252 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,091 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $883 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $962 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,680 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $643 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $75,110 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $45 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $55 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $308 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
👩🏫 International school | $26,032 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $4 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Nomads.com members really didn't like going here
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ 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) | 20°C / 68°F mild | 21°C / 70°F mild | 23°C / 73°F mild | 28°C / 82°F warm | 41°C / 106°F scorching | 39°C / 102°F hot | 44°C / 111°F scorching | 40°C / 104°F hot | 44°C / 111°F scorching | 29°C / 84°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 21°C / 70°F mild |
Real (median) |
20°C / 67°F
mild |
21°C / 70°F
mild |
23°C / 73°F
mild |
26°C / 78°F
warm |
31°C / 88°F
hot |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
31°C / 87°F
hot |
32°C / 90°F
hot |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
21°C / 69°F
mild |
Humidity |
nice 67% |
nice 72% |
nice 80% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 72% |
nice 69% |
nice 63% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 1mm |
rainy 54mm |
dry 10mm |
dry 48mm |
rainy 79mm |
rainy 287mm |
rainy 141mm |
rainy 226mm |
rainy 76mm |
dry 33mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 38mm |
Cloud |
pockets 21% |
pockets 16% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 58% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 30% |
Air quality |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 112 US AQI |
bad 104 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 64 US AQI |
okay 77 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 110 US AQI |
bad 129 US AQI |
bad 132 US AQI |
Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
Remote workers | 455 people | 455 people | 400 people | 467 people | 483 people | 455 people | 382 people | 500 people | 480 people | 480 people | 540 people | 525 people |
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