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| 🎒 Nomad Score™ | 1 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* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 😄 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 |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) |
9 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Zhongshan is fast averaging 72 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~9 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 17°C 62°F + 💦 Damp (75%) = feels 18°C 64°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 46 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 95 US AQI = 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.45 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 145 |
| 💸 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 | 2,400,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 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 |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,039 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $635 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,892 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $541 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $605 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $605 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $278 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $209,383 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $28 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $20 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $97 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $20,242 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $2 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ 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 (median) |
1864° cool |
2475° warm |
2577° warm |
2882° warm |
42108° scorching |
38100° hot |
41106° scorching |
39102° hot |
3799° hot |
2984° warm |
2373° mild |
1966° mild |
| Real (median) |
1864°
cool |
2474°
warm |
2576°
warm |
2679°
warm |
3289°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3188°
hot |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2679°
warm |
2373°
mild |
1966°
mild |
| Humidity |
nice 58% |
nice 71% |
nice 78% |
nice 77% |
sweaty 78% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 79% |
nice 78% |
nice 63% |
nice 71% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | |||||
| Rain |
dry 2mm |
rainy 56mm |
dry 28mm |
rainy 75mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 197mm |
rainy 202mm |
rainy 261mm |
rainy 86mm |
dry 34mm |
dry 3mm |
dry 33mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 26% |
pockets 17% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 46% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 60% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 30% |
pockets 36% |
pockets 28% |
pockets 20% |
| Air quality |
bad 128 US AQI |
bad 107 US AQI |
bad 103 US AQI |
okay 87 US AQI |
okay 73 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
okay 56 US AQI |
okay 65 US AQI |
okay 95 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 130 US AQI |
bad 123 US AQI |
| Sun |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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