⭐️ Total score |
2.21/5 (Rank #701)
|
👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $1,206 / mo
|
📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3Mbps (avg)
|
😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 6°C44°F (feels 6°C43°F)
|
💦 Humidity (now) |
💦 Damp: 86%
|
💨 Air quality (annual) |
😐 Moderate: 90 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 |
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 |
Okay |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Bad |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | China |
🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) |
3 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Yiwu is fast averaging 24 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~3 Mbps. |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 6°C 44°F + 💦 Damp (86%) = feels 6°C 43°F
|
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 91 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 | 910,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 88% 👱♀️ 13% |
⛪️ 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 | $1,206 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $637 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,582 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $452 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $965 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $812 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $247 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $45 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $27 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $104 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $16,492 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very hot in the summer
❌ Very damp 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 |
52
11° cool |
59
15° cool |
61
16° cool |
70
21° mild |
81
27° warm |
82
28° warm |
93
34° hot |
90
32° hot |
90
32° hot |
70
21° mild |
63
17° cool |
55
13° cool |
Real |
51
11°
cool |
59
15°
cool |
61
16°
cool |
70
21°
mild |
80
27°
warm |
82
28°
very warm |
90
32°
hot |
88
31°
hot |
89
32°
hot |
70
21°
mild |
63
17°
cool |
55
13°
cool |
Humidity |
nice 32% |
nice 40% |
nice 43% |
nice 41% |
nice 42% |
nice 46% |
nice 43% |
nice 43% |
nice 39% |
nice 39% |
nice 36% |
nice 34% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
dry 10mm |
rainy 77mm |
rainy 139mm |
rainy 106mm |
rainy 176mm |
rainy 304mm |
rainy 150mm |
rainy 167mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 56mm |
rainy 76mm |
dry 19mm |
Cloud |
pockets 22% |
pockets 49% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 50% |
pockets 37% |
cloudy 52% |
pockets 49% |
pockets 30% |
Air quality |
bad 120 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 126 US AQI |
bad 111 US AQI |
okay 98 US AQI |
okay 82 US AQI |
okay 67 US AQI |
okay 78 US AQI |
okay 91 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
bad 119 US AQI |
bad 148 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people |
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