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| ⭐️ Total score | 104 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community 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) |
2 Mbps
⚠️ Internet in Chengdu is fast averaging 16 Mbps but the Great Firewall slows down speeds to foreign websites by 8x to ~2 Mbps. |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 21°C 70°F + 😊 Comfy (71%) = feels 21°C 70°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👎☠️ 160 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 101 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 1.41 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 141 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Nu Cafe |
| ☕️ Best alt. coffee place | Dou Dou Cafe |
| 🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place | Aoting Garden Hotel |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 9% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,740,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 33,347 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 16,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 13x13m (169m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Wimdu |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air China |
| 🏥 Best hospital | ParkwayHealth China |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,399 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $866 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,242 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $641 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $763 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,202 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $427 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $239,006 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $36 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $39 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $223 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $4 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $18,634 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $3 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $1 / trip |
✅ Very affordable
✅ Friendly people
✅ Lots to do
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Very safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Pollution
❌ Hard to get in
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ 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
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 9°C / 48°F cold | 8°C / 46°F cold | 19°C / 66°F mild | 19°C / 66°F mild | 24°C / 75°F warm | 32°C / 90°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 34°C / 93°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 18°C / 64°F cool | 12°C / 54°F cool | 8°C / 46°F cold |
| Real (median) |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
19°C / 65°F
mild |
19°C / 65°F
mild |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
28°C / 82°F
very warm |
27°C / 80°F
warm |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
12°C / 54°F
cool |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
| Humidity |
nice 68% |
nice 66% |
nice 70% |
nice 77% |
nice 73% |
sweaty 80% |
sweaty 94% |
sweaty 92% |
sweaty 85% |
nice 84% |
damp 72% |
nice 68% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 7mm |
dry 11mm |
dry 22mm |
rainy 53mm |
dry 50mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 297mm |
rainy 198mm |
rainy 138mm |
dry 45mm |
dry 19mm |
dry 7mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 51% |
pockets 44% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 60% |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 45% |
cloudy 61% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 54% |
| Air quality |
bad 167 US AQI |
bad 158 US AQI |
bad 145 US AQI |
bad 130 US AQI |
bad 121 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
okay 90 US AQI |
bad 101 US AQI |
okay 89 US AQI |
bad 106 US AQI |
bad 142 US AQI |
bad 160 US AQI |
| Sun |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 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 |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
| Remote workers | 250 people | 300 people | 300 people | 280 people | 367 people | 300 people | 367 people | 250 people | 267 people | 400 people | 500 people | 257 people |
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