⭐️ Total score |
2.27/5 (Rank #544)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,339 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 7Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 35°C95°F (feels 37°C99°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 35%
|
💨 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
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🙊 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) |
7 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Xi An is fast averaging 56 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~7 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 35°C 95°F + 😊 Comfy (35%) = feels 37°C 99°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 92 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
🚑 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 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 | $1,339 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,038 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,758 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $788 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $719 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $963 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $808 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $208,638 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $34 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $32 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $235 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $0 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ 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 (median) | 6°C / 43°F cold | 11°C / 52°F cool | 16°C / 61°F cool | 17°C / 63°F cool | 25°C / 77°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 15°C / 59°F cool | 11°C / 52°F cool | 7°C / 45°F cold |
Real (median) |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
11°C / 52°F
cool |
16°C / 60°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
11°C / 52°F
cool |
7°C / 45°F
cold |
Humidity |
nice 31% |
nice 32% |
nice 56% |
nice 62% |
nice 47% |
nice 48% |
nice 64% |
nice 66% |
nice 84% |
damp 73% |
nice 52% |
nice 44% |
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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